Regional Anesthesia andPain Medicine

Journal of the American, European, Asian and Oceanic,and Latin American Societies of Regional Anesthesia

EDITOR IN CHIEFJoseph M. Neal, MD

Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WA

ASSOCIATE EDITOR IN CHIEF FOR PAIN MEDICINEJames P. Rathmell, MD

University of VermontBurlington, VT

Dan Benhamou, MDLe Kremlin Bicetre, France

Honorio T. Benzon, MDChicago, IL

John F. Butterworth, MDWinston-Salem, NC

Vincent Chan, MD, FRCPCToronto, Canada

EDITORS

James C. Eisenach, MDWinston-Salem, NC

Kazuhiko Fukuda, MD, PhDKyoto, Japan

Joy L. Hawkins, MDDenver, CO

James E. Heavner, DVM, PhDLubbock, TX

Quinn H. Hogan, MDMilwaukee, WI

Per H. Rosenberg, MD, PhDHelsinki, Finland

John C. Rowlingson, MDCharlottesville, VA

Rudolf Stienstra, MDLeiden, The Netherlands

ASSOCIATE EDITORSValerie A. Arkoosh, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Douglas R. Bacon, MD, MARochester, MN

(History)

David J. Birnbach, MDMiami, FL

Andre P. Boezaart, MDIowa City, IA

Herve Bouaziz, MDNancy, France

Harald P. Breivik, MD, DMScOslo, Norway

Donal J. Buggy, MDDublin, Ireland

Fred Burgess, MDProvidence, RI

Francesco Carli, MD, MPhil, FRCAMontreal, Canada

James C. Crews, MDWinston-Salem, NC

Ben J.P. Crul, MD, PhDNijmegen, The Netherlands

Mario Jose Da Conceicao, MDFlorianopolis, Brazil

Bernard J. Dalens, MDClermont-Ferrand, France

Jose De Andres, MD, PhDValencia, Spain

Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MDBuffalo, NY

Shuji Dohi, MDGifu, Japan

Ken Drasner, MDSan Francisco, CA

Marcel E. Durieux, MD, PhDMaastricht, Netherlands

Guido Fanelli, MDParma, Italy

Jeffrey A. Grass, MDPittsburgh, PA

Admir Hadzic, MDNew York, NY

Robert E. Kettler, MDMilwaukee, WI

Dan J. Kopacz, MDSeattle, WA

George Lederhaas, MDClive, IA

(Translational Vignettes)

Spencer S. Liu, MDSeattle, WA

David P. Martin, MDRochester, MN

Michael F. Mulroy, MDSeattle, WA

Timothy J. Ness, MD, PhDBirmingham, AL

Toshiaki Nishikawa, MDAkita, Japan

Mark C. Norris, MDAtlanta, GA

Craig M. Palmer, MDTucson, AZ

Mikko T. Pitkanen, MD, PhDHelsinki, Finland

Julia E. Pollock, MDSeattle, WA

Narinder Rawal, MD, PhDOrebro, Sweden

Richard W. Rosenquist, MDIowa City, IA

Markus C. Schneider, MDBasel, Switzerland

Herbert C. Spencer, MDSantiago, Chile

Christophe Stein, MDBerlin, Germany

Rom A. Stevens, MDChicago, IL

Katsuo Terui, MDSaitama, Japan

Christopher M. Viscomi, MDBurlington, VT

Mark S. Wallace, MDLa Jolla, CA

Robert S. Weller, MDWinston-Salem, NC

Christopher L. Wu, MDBaltimore, MD

Mark P. Yeager, MDLebanon, NH