Efficacy of bilateral pectoralis nerve block for ultrafast tracking and postoperative pain management in cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgical patients helps in early recovery and ambulation. An alternative to parenteral, paravertebral, and thoracic epidural analgesia can be pectoralis nerve (Pecs) block, which is novel, less invasive regional analgesic technique.

Aims

We hypothesized that Pecs block would provide superior postoperative analgesia for patients undergoing cardiac surgery through midline sternotomy compared to parenteral analgesia.

Materials and methods

Forty adult patients between the age groups of 25 and 65 years undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or valve surgeries through midline sternotomy under general anesthesia were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups with 20 in each group. Group 1 pa

SUBMITTER: Kumar KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078028 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature