Postoperative Analgesia for Shoulder Surgery：a Review of Current Techniques / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Summary] Following shoulder surgery , proper regional anesthesia is usually required to minimize the use of opioids .Regional anesthesia techniques commonly used include subacromial or intra-articular local anesthetic infiltration , suprascapular nerve block with or without axillary nerve block , and interscalene block .This paper summarized literatures on the three abovementioned techniques in respect with performance , merits and flaws , and future perspectives .