COMBINED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE AND PECTORAL NERVE II BLOCK FOR BREAST CANCER SURGERY IN A PATIENT WITH SEVERE VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: A PATIENT CENTERED APPROACH
Keywords:
Regional anaesthesia, Pectoral Nerve Block, Erector Spinae Plane Block, Valvular heart disease, Breast cancer surgeryAbstract
Regional anaesthesia techniques are useful for breast cancer surgery, and in certain situations when general anaesthesia deemed high risk, they can be employed as a sole anaesthetic technique. We present a case report of an 85-year-old patient presented with severe valvular heart diseases who underwent Left Breast Wide Local Excision and Axillary lymph nodes dissection. Using Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) and Pectoral Nerve Block II (PEC 2) as the only anaesthetic approach, the surgical procedure was successfully conducted. Our aim was to provide effective surgical anaesthesia while minimizing the potential risks associated with general anaesthesia in this high-risk cardiovascular patient population.
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