Thinking Outside the Box with Regional Anesthesia Package

Sessions from the 2026 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and adapt regional anesthesia strategies in the setting of anatomic variability when standard block techniques fail to provide adequate anesthesia.
• Apply regional anesthesia techniques as a diagnostic tool to differentiate sources of acute pain (somatic vs visceral) and guide management during acute pain consultations.
• Explain the physiologic effects of regional anesthesia–induced sympathectomy on tissue perfusion, with specific relevance to graft survival and postoperative outcomes.
• Evaluate the impact of regional anesthesia on surgical and patient-centered outcomes in high-risk or nontraditional clinical scenarios.
• Analyze clinical situations in which regional anesthesia may serve as a life-saving intervention and integrate these principles into perioperative decision-making.