Bilateral Pecto Intercostal Fascial Plane Block After Open Heart Surgeries

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective is to test the effect of pecto intercostal fascial plane block (PIFB) as regard its impact on pain after sternotomy involved open heart surgery. The authors hypothesize that bilateral PIFB can reduce pain resulting from sternotomy following open heart surgeries.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fayoum University Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for elective cardiovascular surgery for coronary artery bypass grafting or valve replacement involving median sternotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with emergency surgeries.

• Allergy to drug used.

• Patients with prolonged Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass time (>120 min).

• Preoperative poor left ventricular function (ejection fraction <40%).

• Body Mass Index >40.

• Systemic infections or infections at site of injection.

• Prolonged ICU stay over 24 hours for different reasons i.e.re-do surgery, heart failure etc.