Do regional analgesia techniques improve postoperative pain control and decrease ICU stay in patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery?
Regional analgesia techniques show promise for improving postoperative pain control and decreasing ICU stay in minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
As cardiac surgery moves toward smaller incisions and MICS with the goal of enhanced recovery, multimodal analgesic techniques should be explored for postoperative pain control. The regional techniques discussed in this article show a trend toward improved pain control and decreased stay in the intensive care unit.
Yu et al. (2019) studied this question.