ESRA Fascial Plane Regional Anesthesia Block Nomenclature

A 17.5 KB Excel file containing the most recent nomenclature for fascial plane regional anesthesia blocks from the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA). The dataset was authored by Alessandro De Cassai and last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Standardizing clinical documentation based on the ESRA nomenclature.
• Training medical students on the classification of fascial plane blocks.
• Comparing different regional anesthesia techniques based on the defined block list.
• Supporting systematic reviews or meta-analyses of regional anesthesia literature.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (17.5 KB), ensuring quick download and processing.
• Uses a standardized nomenclature from a professional society (ESRA).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA) nomenclature.

Collection Method

Likely a curated list or classification.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:26:26; freshness should be verified.