Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TF-TAVI)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric (ILIH) nerve blocks are frequently performed for analgesia in inguinal surgery.

The investigators hypothesized that preoperative ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric (ILIH) nerve blocks will produce better intraoperative analgesia and less analgesic requirement postoperatively in comparison to commonly used preoperative local infiltration anaesthesia for patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Gdansk
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with aortic valve stenosis referred for TF-TAVI

• using a minimalist approach of local anesthesia or nerve block with conscious sedation

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient's refusal to participate

• allergy to local anaesthetic

• TF-TAVI requiring general anesthesia or surgical cut-down

• patients with major cognitive impairment and inability to assess their pain level in Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).