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To determine whether adding thoracic interfascial plane blocks to surgeon-administered intercostal nerve blocks reduces acute pain and opioid use following minimally invasive valve surgery.

October 25, 2022Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Thoracic Interfascial Plane Blocks and Outcomes After Minithoracotomy for Valve Surgery

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To determine whether adding thoracic interfascial plane blocks to surgeon-administered intercostal nerve blocks reduces acute pain and opioid use following minimally invasive valve surgery.
Retrospective cohort study of 400 consecutive patients undergoing minimally invasive thoracotomy for mitral or aortic valve replacement who were extubated within 2 hours of surgery.
Compared outcomes between patients who received interfascial plane blocks in addition to intercostal nerve blocks (n = 193) and a control group receiving intercostal blocks alone (n = 207).
Maximum VAS pain score on the day of surgery was significantly lower in the interfascial plane block group (mean 7.4 ± 2.5) than in the control group (mean 7.9 ± 2.2; P = .02).
Opioid consumption on the day of surgery was not significantly different between the interfascial plane block group and the control group.
Patients receiving interfascial plane blocks had decreased blood transfusion requirements and shorter hospital length of stay.

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Retrospective cohort study reveals reduced postoperative pain following thoracic interfascial plane blocks in valve surgery, indicating modest clinical benefit.

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Cheruku et al. (2022) studied this question.

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Retrospective cohort study reveals reduced postoperative pain following thoracic interfascial plane blocks in valve surgery, indicating modest clinical benefit.

Thoracic Interfascial Plane Blocks and Outcomes After Minithoracotomy for Valve Surgery

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