Comparing two pain relieving techniques in patients scheduled for small incision bypass heart surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I251- Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients in the age between 18 and 65 years who scheduled for elective minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient refusal.
2.Allergy to local anesthetics.
3.Localized infection.
4.Coagulopathy / Bleeding diathesis
5.Patients on anticoagulants
6.Left main coronary artery disease
7.Left Ventricular ejection fraction ( LVEF) <40%
8.Emergency surgery
9. Redo surgery
10. Reexploration within 24 hours
11.Pre-existing lung injury/disease/ pneumothorax
12.Spinal /chest wall deformities
13.Pre-existing rib fractures in the posterior /lateral aspect
14.Cognitive impairment or an active psychiatric condition.
15.Inability to understand pain scoring.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to compare the analgesic efficacy thoracic paravertebral block with serratus anterior plane block in patients undergoing minimally <br/ ><br>invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgeries. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 48 hours post Extubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to compare improvement in pulmonary function and oxygenation.Timepoint: 48 hours postextubation