Analgesic Effects of a Novel Combination of Regional Anesthesia After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of regional anesthesia in children undergoing congenital heart surgery was associated with differences in outcomes when compared to surgeon-delivered local anesthetic wound infiltration.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

At a single pediatric tertiary care center.

Participants

Pediatric patients who underwent primary repair of septal defects between January 1, 2018, and March 31, 2022.

Interventions

The patients were grouped by whether they received surgeon-delivered local anesthetic wound infiltration or bilateral pectointercostal fascial blocks (PIFBs) and a unilateral rectus sheath block (RSB) on the side ipsilateral to the chest tube.

Measurements and main results

SUBMITTER: Einhorn LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature