• Kariem El-Boghdadly, Eric Albrecht, Morné Wolmarans, Edward R Mariano, Sandra Kopp, Anahi Perlas, Athmaja Thottungal, Jeff Gadsden, Serkan Tulgar, Sanjib Adhikary, Jose Aguirre, Anne M R Agur, Başak Altıparmak, Michael J Barrington, Nigel Bedforth, Rafael Blanco, Sébastien Bloc, Karen Boretsky, James Bowness, Margaretha Breebaart, David Burckett-St Laurent, Brendan Carvalho, Jacques E Chelly, Ki Jinn Chin, Alwin Chuan, Steve Coppens, Ioana Costache, Mette Dam, Matthias Desmet, Shalini Dhir, Christian Egeler, Hesham Elsharkawy, Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, Ben Fox, Carlo D Franco, Philippe Emmanuel Gautier, Stuart Alan Grant, Sina Grape, Carrie Guheen, Monica W Harbell, Peter Hebbard, Nadia Hernandez, HoggRosemary M GRMGDepartment of Anaesthesia, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK., Margaret Holtz, Barys Ihnatsenka, Brian M Ilfeld, IpVivian H YVHY0000-0001-6158-4415Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Rebecca L Johnson, Hari Kalagara, Paul Kessler, M Kwesi Kwofie, Linda Le-Wendling, Philipp Lirk, Clara Lobo, Danielle Ludwin, MacfarlaneAlan James RobertAJR0000-0003-3858-6468Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK., Alexandros Makris, Colin McCartney, John McDonnell, Graeme A McLeod, Stavros G Memtsoudis, Peter Merjavy, E M Louise Moran, Antoun Nader, Joseph M Neal, Ahtsham U Niazi, Catherine Njathi-Ori, Brian D O'Donnell, Matt Oldman, Steven L Orebaugh, Teresa Parras, Amit Pawa, Philip Peng, Steven Porter, Bridget P Pulos, Xavier Sala-Blanch, Andrea Saporito, Axel R Sauter, Eric S Schwenk, Maria Paz Sebastian, Navdeep Sidhu, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Ellen M Soffin, James Stimpson, Raymond Tang, TsuiBan C HBCH0000-0002-6984-5998Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA., Lloyd Turbitt, Vishal Uppal, Geert J van Geffen, Kris Vermeylen, Kamen Vlassakov, Thomas Volk, Jeff L Xu, and Nabil M Elkassabany.
• Anaesthesia, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
• Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Nov 4; 49 (11): 782792782-792.

BackgroundInconsistent nomenclature and anatomical descriptions of regional anesthetic techniques hinder scientific communication and engender confusion; this in turn has implications for research, education and clinical implementation of regional anesthesia. Having produced standardized nomenclature for abdominal wall, paraspinal and chest wall regional anesthetic techniques, we aimed to similarly do so for upper and lower limb peripheral nerve blocks.MethodsWe performed a three-round Delphi international consensus study to generate standardized names and anatomical descriptions of upper and lower limb regional anesthetic techniques. A long list of names and anatomical description of blocks of upper and lower extremities was produced by the members of the steering committee. Subsequently, two rounds of anonymized voting and commenting were followed by a third virtual round table to secure consensus for items that remained outstanding after the first and second rounds. As with previous methodology, strong consensus was defined as ≥75% agreement and weak consensus as 50%-74% agreement.ResultsA total of 94, 91 and 65 collaborators participated in the first, second and third rounds, respectively. We achieved strong consensus for 38 names and 33 anatomical descriptions, and weak consensus for five anatomical descriptions. We agreed on a template for naming peripheral nerve blocks based on the name of the nerve and the anatomical location of the blockade and identified several areas for future research.ConclusionsWe achieved consensus on nomenclature and anatomical descriptions of regional anesthetic techniques for upper and lower limb nerve blocks, and recommend using this framework in clinical and academic practice. This should improve research, teaching and learning of regional anesthesia to eventually improve patient care.© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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