Dr Ed Robinson discusses opportunities, limitations and the emerging role of ultrasound guidance in regional nerve blocks
Demand for injectable and energy-based facial aesthetics continues to rise, alongside patient expectations for comfort, efficiency and safety. Effective analgesia is therefore central to contemporary aesthetic practice. While topical anaesthesia and simple local infiltration remain commonplace, regional nerve blocks offer a more sophisticated approach that can improve patient experience, reduce treatment interruptions and preserve tissue planes for precise work, particularly in multi-layer regenerative and ‘stacked’ treatment plans.
In anaesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks are well-established as a cornerstone of multimodal analgesia, reducing opioid requirements and improving patient satisfaction compared with systemic opioids alone.1 A landmark meta-analysis of continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB) demonstrated superior analgesia and fewer opioid-related side-effects versus…
