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Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block for Open Heart Surgery

NCT04094532 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2020-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Pain, Acute
  • Pain, Chest

Interventions

DRUG

Bupivacaine

Ultrasound guided 20 ml % 0.250 bupivacaine injection to transverse thoracic muscle plane bilaterally

DRUG

Saline

Ultrasound guided 20 ml % 0.9 saline injection to transverse thoracic muscle plane bilaterally

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ataturk University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-01-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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