Fujii, SatoruBairagi, RanjanaRoche, MatthewZhou, Jian Ray2019-07-142019-07-142019-07-07Satoru Fujii, Ranjana Bairagi, Matthew Roche, and Jian Ray Zhou, “Transversus Thoracis Muscle Plane Block,” BioMed Research International, vol. 2019, Article ID 1716365, 6 pages, 2019. doi:10.1155/2019/1716365http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1716365http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110635https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36742The transversus thoracis muscle plane block (TTP) block is a newly developed regional anesthesia technique which provides analgesia to the anterior chest wall. Since its introduction, this technique has been utilized for a wide range of surgical procedures as well as nonsurgical indications. Current evidence suggests that the TTP block provides effective analgesia for breast and cardiac surgeries, cardiac device implantation, pericardiocentesis, and acute and chronic pain management. To date, no major complications have been reported. Currently there is an urgent need to standardize the nomenclature of this technique to facilitate accurate communication amongst care providers, researchers, and authors. In this review, we describe the TTP block technique, review the indications and available evidence in clinical practice, and discuss alternative blocks and future prospects.Journal Article2019-07-14enCopyright © 2019 Satoru Fujii et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.