Case Report
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2024; 16(8): 2719-2723
Published online Aug 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i8.2719
Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks for anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome after robot-assisted gastrectomy: A case report
Yukiko Saito, Hirohisa Takeuchi, Joho Tokumine, Ryuji Sawada, Kunitaro Watanabe, Tomoko Yorozu
Yukiko Saito, Joho Tokumine, Ryuji Sawada, Kunitaro Watanabe, Tomoko Yorozu, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
Hirohisa Takeuchi, Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
Author contributions: Saito Y, Takeuchi H, and Tokumine J helped in writing the original draft; Takeuchi H and Tokumine J helped in the conceptualization of the case report; Sawada R and Watanabe K helped in the literature acquisition; Yorozu T helped with literature acquisition and data validation; all authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Joho Tokumine, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Sinkawa, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan. ii36469@wa2.so-net.ne.jp
Received: March 27, 2024
Revised: July 17, 2024
Accepted: July 23, 2024
Published online: August 27, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is defined as chronic abdominal wall pain caused by entrapment of cutaneous branches of lower thoracoabdominal intercostal nerves. In the present report, ACNES after a robot-assisted distal gastrectomy was successfully treated with a combination of ultrasound-guided rectus sheath and transverse abdominis plane blocks. Peripheral nerve block should be selected based on the extent and degree of adhesions causing ACNES.