Poststernotomy pain is a complication of cardiac surgery. Poorly controlled pain is associated with myocardial ischemia, cardiac arrhythmias, hypercoagulability, pulmonary complications, and increased rates of delirium and wound infection. The transverse thoracic muscle plane (TTMP) block is a novel plane block that provide pain for sternotomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of ultrasound guided TTMP block in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
48
Ultrasound guided 20 ml % 0.250 bupivacaine injection to transverse thoracic muscle plane bilaterally
Ultrasound guided 20 ml % 0.9 saline injection to transverse thoracic muscle plane bilaterally
Ataturk University
Erzurum, Yakutiye, Turkey (Türkiye)
Postoperative opioid consumption
First 24 hours total fentanyl consumption with patient controlled analgesia
Time frame: first 24 hours
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain)
Time frame: postextubation 0-24 hours
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