Chronic Pacemaker Pocket Pain Treated Successfully
with A Pectoralis Nerve Block

Sadie Smith; Rajeev Dalal

Case Report

Chronic Pacemaker Pocket Pain Treated Successfully with A Pectoralis Nerve Block

Sadie Smith* and Rajeev Dalal

Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Health, USA

Corresponding Author

Received Date: December 08, 2021; Published Date:January 11, 2022

Abstract

The pectoralis nerve block (PECs I and II) was first described in 2011 to provide analgesia after breast surgery [1]. PECs I targets the plane between the pectoralis major and minor to anesthetize the medial and lateral pectoral nerves. PECs II targets the plane between the pectoralis minor and serratus anterior to anesthetize intercostal nerves, long thoracic nerve, and intercostobrachial nerve. The most common indication for a PECs block is postoperative analgesia for breast surgery, and very few case reports describes its use for treatment of chronic chest wall pain [1,2].

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Citation

Sadie Smith, Rajeev Dalal. Chronic Pacemaker Pocket Pain Treated Successfully with A Pectoralis Nerve Block. Anaest & Sur Open Access J. 3(1): 2022. ASOAJ.MS.ID.000555.