Regional anesthesia in breast surgery: An Italian expert consensus – Part 1: Methodology and Delphi strategy
This consensus project establishes a transparent, multidisciplinary framework for guiding the use of regional anesthesia in breast surgery. The ultimate objective is to formulate a set of consensus statements, graded according to evidence strength, which will serve as a foundation for future guidelines and standardized clinical decision-making.
Authors
- Federico Bizzarri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7535-9294)
- Gabriele Melegari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4512-4835)
- Diego Marandola
- Antonio Coviello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-566X)
- M Nespoli
- Tommaso Tonetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9676-3595)
- Secondo Folli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-3010)
- Claude T. Bagaphou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0827-5714)
- Domenico Pietro Santonastaso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-7724)
- Annabella de Chiara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-0648)
- Giuseppe Lubrano
- Vanni Agnoletti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7093-2749)
- Fabrizio Fattorini
- Mario Tedesco
- Federico Piccioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-1891)
- Andrea Tognù (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8840-4872)
- Dario Pietrantozzi
- Pierfrancesco Fusco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5342-3654)
- Maria Caterina Pace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-4780)
- Marco Rispoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-4332)
- Dario Maria Mattiacci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-6246)
- Giuseppe Sepolvere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0127-9504)
- Annalisa Curcio
- Paolo Scimia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-8651)
- A. Morelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-5223)
- Nicola Rocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-7873)
- Cristiano D’Errico
- Eros Pilia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9526)
- Giorgio Ranieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1715-0991)
- Andrea Gentili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-029X)
- Fabio Costa
- Alessandro De Cassai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-1832)
- Francesco Coppolino
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Cagliari (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Casa di Cura San Michele (IT)
- San Salvatore Hospital (IT)
- Città di Castello Hospital (IT)
- Sorrento Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Fatebenefratelli Hospital (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (IT)
- CSI Piemonte (IT)
- Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini (IT)
- Ospedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena (IT)
- Ospedale G.B. Morgagni - L.Pierantoni (IT)
- Nini Hospital (LB)
- Ospedale Monaldi (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- Campus Bio Medico University Hospital (IT)
- Ospedale San Giuseppe (IT)
- Ospedale Buon Consiglio Fatebenefratelli (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_461_25
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00