Ultrasound-guided Modified Parasternal Intercostal Nerve Block: Role of Preemptive Analgesic Adjunct for Mitigating Poststernotomy Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

To assess the quality and effectiveness of postoperative pain relief after fast-tracking tracheal extubation in cardiac surgery intensive care unit, effected by a single-shot modified parasternal intercostal nerve block compared with routine in-hospital analgesic protocol, when administered before sternotomy.

Design

A prospective, randomized, double-blinded interventional study.

Setting

Single-center tertiary teaching hospital.

Participants

Ninety adult patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Materials and methods

Patients were randomized into two groups. Patients in the parasternal intercostal block group (PIB) (n = 45) received ultrasound-guided modified parasternal in

SUBMITTER: Vilvanathan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature