Postoperative analgesia after breast surgery as an alternative to thoracic epidural or thoracic paravertebral blocks
Pecs I: analgesia after insertion of breast expanders and sub pectoral prosthesis, pacemakers, porth-a-caths and chest drains
Pecs II: analgesia of (1) the axilla – required for axillary clearance and (2) intercostal nerves – required for wide excisions including several types of mastectomies and sentinel node biopsy
Picture of the lateral (blue arrow) and medial (cyan arrow) pectoral nerves as well as the thoracoacromial artery (magenta arrow). The minor pectoral muscle is depicted with orange
