Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block for Open Heart Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-01-15
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Poststernotomy pain is a complication of cardiac surgery. Poorly controlled pain is
associated with myocardial ischemia, cardiac arrhythmias, hypercoagulability, pulmonary
complications, and increased rates of delirium and wound infection.
The transverse thoracic muscle plane (TTMP) block is a novel plane block that provide pain
for sternotomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of ultrasound
guided TTMP block in patients undergoing open heart surgery.