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Are Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane (SPIP) Blocks With Bupivacaine and With or Without Transversus Abdominis Plane Block (TAP) Helpful for Post-operative Pain After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Not Applicable
Conditions
Post-operative Pain Management
Interventions
Procedure: SPIP and TAP Block
Procedure: SPIP Block
Registration Number
NCT05090735
Lead Sponsor
Wayne State University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether superficial parasternal intercostal plane (SPIP) block alone or with transverses abdominis plane (TAP) block can improve post-operative pain in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, specifically, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Detailed Description

Postoperative pain management remains an important clinical challenge in cardiothoracic surgery. Inadequate postoperative pain control can have adverse pathophysiologic consequences, including increased myocardial oxygen demand, hypoventilation, suboptimal clearance of pulmonary secretions, acute respiratory failure, and decreased mobility, with associated increased risks for formation of clots in a blood vessels (thromboembolism). These adverse events may result in greater perioperative morbidity and mortality. Despite several multimodal approaches to postoperative pain control, optimal pain management after cardiothoracic procedures remains an issue.

Regional anesthesia is used to block sensation in a specific part of body during and after surgery. It offers numerous advantages over conventional general anesthesia, including faster recovery time, fewer side effects, no need for an airway device during surgery, and a dramatic reduction in post-surgical pain and reduction in opioid use following surgery. The use of local anesthetic peripheral nerve blocks for surgical anesthesia and postoperative pain management has increased significantly with the advent of ultrasound-guided techniques.

Ultrasound has revolutionized regional anesthesia by allowing real-time visualization of anatomical structures, needle advancement and local anesthetic (LA) spread. This has led not only to refinement of existing techniques, but also the introduction of new ones.

In particular, ultrasound has been critical in the development of fascial plane blocks, in which local anesthetic (LA) is injected into a tissue plane rather than directly around nerves. These blocks are believed to work via passive spread of LA to nerves traveling within that tissue plane, or to adjacent tissue compartments containing nerves.

Although research into these techniques is still at an early stage, the available evidence indicates that they are effective in reducing opioid requirements and improving the pain experience in a wide range of clinical settings. They are best employed as part of multimodal analgesia with other systemic analgesics, rather than as sole anesthetic techniques. Catheters may be beneficial in situations where moderate-severe pain is expected for \>12 hours, although the optimal dosing regimen requires further investigation.

In this study the investigators will focus on the superficial parasternal-intercostal plane (SPIP) block and the transverses abdomens plane (TAP) block.

The investigators will compare the SPIP block administered alone and with a TAP block; the investigators will measure the visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores in the first 24 hours after surgery, total post-operative opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents), total acetaminophen and ketorolac consumption, post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), length of the ICU stay, time to extubation, and length of hospital stay to determine if one technique is superior to the other.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing primary coronary artery bypass grafting
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with significant genetic or acquired clotting/bleeding disorders (hemophilia, DIC, etc.)
  • Patients with significant platelet dysfunction
  • Infection at site for regional anesthesia
  • Allergy to local anesthetics
  • Severe aortic stenosis
  • Severe mitral stenosis
  • Sepsis

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SPIP Block with TAP BlockSPIP and TAP Block50 Patients-Post-operatively patients will receive bilateral SPIP blocks by injecting 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine (on each side) between the pectoralis major and external intercostal muscle aponeurosis at 2 cm lateral to the right and left of the sternal edge, corresponding to the fifth rib. This group of patients will also receive unilateral TAP block by injecting 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine in the plane between the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles.
SPIP BlockSPIP Block50 Patients-Post-operatively patients will receive bilateral SPIP blocks by injecting 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine (on each side) between the pectoralis major and external intercostal muscle aponeurosis at 2 cm lateral to the right and left of the sternal edge, corresponding to the fifth rib.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores24 hours after surgery

Pain Scores measured via a Visual Analog Scale (0-10, Higher scores mean worse outcome)

Length of hospital stay (LOS)Up to 1 month

The days spent in the hospital from surgery to discharge

Post-operative total opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents)24 hours after surgery

Total Opioid consumption 24 hours post surgery oral moral morphine equivalents

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to extubation24 hours

Time it took for patient to be extubated

Acetaminophen consumption24 hours after surgery

Total acetaminophen consumption in mg 24 hr after surgery

NSAID (ketorolac) consumption24 hours after surgery

Total NSAID consumption in mg

Length of ICU stayUp to 1 month

Length of stay in Intensive Care Unit from surgery to discharge from Intensive Care Unit

Incidence of post-operation nausea and vomiting (PONV)24 hours

The percentage of the patients who had post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) within 24 hours of surgery

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