Continuous ropivacaine infusion to sternotomy wound after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or heart valve surgery to diminish postoperative pain.
A multiporous catheter will be introduced into sternotomy wound to CABG or heart valve surgery patients and continuous ropivacaine infusion 4 ml/h will be started immediately after surgery. Ropivacaine infusion will be administered during 48 postoperative hours. All patients receive patient controlled analgesia (PCA) oxycodone after extubation in the PACU. All patients receive a standardized anesthesia during surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
90
Kuopio University hospital
Kuopio, Finland
Postoperative oxycodone consumption
postoperative PCA administered oxycodone
Time frame: 48 postoperative hours
Pain measured with Visual Analog Scale
pain measured with VAS at rest and on movement
Time frame: 48 postoperative hours
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