Pain Control After Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2015-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare postoperative pain control after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting for patients who receive an intercostal block (an anesthetic medicine injected in an area under the ribs) in the operating room and IV acetaminophen (Tylenol) to those who receive an intercostal block and On-Q pain pump catheter (a balloon pump attached to 2 small tubes near your procedure site that automatically delivers pain medicine).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
• Treatments: Acetaminophen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older

• Coronary artery disease requiring surgical intervention

• No prior sternotomy

• Creatinine within normal limits (0.60 - 1.10 mg/dL)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 18 years of age

• Inability to provide consent or complete a written survey

• Previous history of sternotomy

• Contraindications to MICS-CABG or to any of the components of the 2 analgesic regimens