A study to compare the early and long term results following routine surgical incision versus minimal surgical incision for heart valve replacement surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I083- Combined rheumatic disorders of mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/08/027018
- Lead Sponsor
- Science and Engineering Research Board SERB
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Consecutive consenting patients aged more than or equal to 18 years and who undergo mitral or aortic valve replacement with or without tricuspid valve repair in the Department of Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery (CTVS) in our institute
Exclusion Criteria
i) Patients undergoing double valve/tricuspid valve replacement
ii) Patients undergoing redo-valve replacements
iii)Patients requiring concomitant coronary artery bypass (CABG) along with valve replacement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Early - pain score by visual analog scoring, assisted ventilation time, number of blood products used, complications, duration of postoperative stay, in-hospital mortality <br/ ><br>Late- Wound or valve related complications, chronic surgical scar pain, mortalityTimepoint: Early - post operative period (postoperative day 0 till discharge, usually 7 days) <br/ ><br>Late- 6 months postoperative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aortic cross clamp time and cardiopulmonary bypass timeTimepoint: Intraoperatively