Clinical Trial: ABC Blocks for Cardiac Surgery
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Pain
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: A Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Rectus Sheath and Transversus Thoracis Plane Blocks (ABC Blocks) Versus Saline Injection for Median Sternotomy: a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial.
Brief Summary:
This randomized blinded trial aims to evaluate the effect of parasternal intercostal and rectus sheath blocks ("anterior blocks for cardiac surgery" or ABC blocks) on postoperative recovery in patients undergoing median sternotomy for cardiac surgery.Subjects will be randomized to receive either local anesthetic (liposomal bupivacaine plus bupivacaine 0.25%) or saline sham block.
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