Loco-Regional Anaesthesia in Veterinary Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

One of the major roles of anaesthetists is to ensure the management of any pain/nociception the patient may experience during hospitalization, and possibly extending this benefit beyond the immediate postoperative period.

In this context, there is a growing appreciation for the critical role that loco-regional anaesthesia can play in an overall multimodal anaesthetic strategy. This is especially relevant given the current focus on reducing or eliminating unnecessary peri‐operative opioid administration, improving postoperative pain relief and enabling early discharge after surgery.

Advances in pharmacology, electronics and imaging techniques and perineural catheter-based continuous infusion of local anaesthetic, have pushed research in loco-regional anaesthesia to high levels and also spread its use in daily medicine, among veterinary practice. Loco-regional anaesthesia techniques should be part of present and future veterinary anaesthetist educational programs.

This Special Issue will present recent research, case reports, and reviews on loco-regional anaesthesia in small, large, and non-conventional animals with a particular focus on methodology, clinical application and novel techniques.

We look forward to your contribution to produce an important issue about loco-regional anaesthesia.

Dr. Angela Briganti
Dr. Hamaseh Tayari
Guest Editors

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