Open AccessA randomised controlled comparison of serratus anterior plane, pectoral nerves and intercostal nerve block for post-thoracotomy analgesia in adult cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Rohan Magoon,
Brajesh Kaushal,
Sandeep Chauhan,
Debesh Bhoi,
Akshay Kumar Bisoi,
Maroof Ahmad Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_566_20
Subject(s) - medicine , fentanyl , thoracotomy , ropivacaine , anesthesia , analgesic , intercostal nerves , surgery , visual analogue scale , cardiac surgery , nerve block
Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery is centred around multimodal analgesia which is becoming increasingly feasible with the advent of safer regional analgesic techniques such as fascial plane blocks. We designed this prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled study to compare the efficacy of serratus anterior plane block (SAPB), pectoral nerves (Pecs) II block, and intercostal nerve block (ICNB) for post-thoracotomy analgesia in cardiac surgery.