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PROSPECT Publications on Caesarean Section

Current review: published 2026

Crowe G, Atterton B, Roofthooft E, Joshi GP, Rawal N, Wu C, Sauter AR, Bonnet M-P, Lucas DN, Van de Velde M, and the PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy. Pain management after elective caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia: an updated systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations. Anaesthesia 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70141. Online ahead of print.

2023

Roofthooft E, Joshi GP, Rawal N, Van de Velde M, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy. PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update. Anaesthesia 2023;78:1170–1171. doi: 10.1111/anae.16034.

2020

Roofthooft E, Joshi GP, Rawal N, Van de Velde M; PROSPECT Working Group* of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy and supported by the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association. *Joshi GP, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Van de Velde M, Schug S, Kehlet H, Bonnet F, Rawal N, Delbos A, Lavand’homme P, Beloeil H, Raeder J, Sauter A, Albrecht E, Lirk P, Lobo D, Freys S. PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: updated systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Anaesthesia 2021; 76(5): 665–680. doi: 10.1111/anae.15339. Epub 2020 Dec 28.

Riassunto in italiano (Abstract in Italian)

Accompanying editorial 2020

Landau, R. and Richebé, P. (2020), Tailoring postoperative pain management with a procedure‐specific approach: how to best apply this concept to caesarean deliveries. Anaesthesia 2021; 76(5): 587–589.

ESRA Annual Meeting 2021 Best Free Paper Session 1 – Regional Anaesthesia: 2nd Prize