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The Use of Paravertebral Block for Cardiac Surgery

NCT02180893 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-03-15

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Summary

Pain after robotic cardiac surgery is a known problem and is often difficult to manage. Paravertebral nerve blocks are a proven method of pain relief following thoracotomy. A paravertebral block has been shown to provide good pain relief with minimal side effects, however, paravertebral blocks for robotic surgery have not been well studied. Currently the investigators routinely perform PVB on this patient population (of 50 MV robotic cases done between January and October 2012, 36 received paravertebral blocks with no adverse events noted). The investigators believe this should be studied further and that paravertebral blocks will reduce the amount of additional pain medication patients require in the first 24 hours after surgery, decrease intubation time and improve PACU and hospital discharge times.

Conditions

  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency

Interventions

OTHER

Paravertebral Block

Paravertebral nerve block injection

OTHER

Placebo Comparator

No block Patients who did not receive PVB

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Peter J Neuburger, MD · NYU

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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