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Erector Spinae Plane Block and Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery

Ultrasound Guided Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Blocks Within an Enhanced Recovery Program Decreases Opioids Consumption and Improves Patient Postoperative Rehabilitation After Open Cardiac Surgery: A Controlled Before-After Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03541837
Acronym
ESPCATHEART
Enrollment
40
Registered
2018-05-31
Start date
2017-10-20
Completion date
2018-03-01
Last updated
2018-05-31

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Conditions

Adult, Cardiac Surgery

Keywords

Bilateral ESP Catheter, Open heart surgery, opioid free post op analgesia

Brief summary

Evaluation of the benefit effects of Peri-Operative analgesia by Continuous Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane block(ESP) for Open Cardiac Surgery: A case series prospective study with a comparison a retrospective case series (Before and after)

Detailed description

After Patient's information and consent from the Ethical committee of VinMec Healthcare (#06/2017/HDD-VMEC) the anesthesia team will perform to all adult patients for open heart surgery after the anesthesia induction a bilateral insertion of an Erector Spinae Plane Block catheter under ultrasound guidance The Block performance : Patient in right lateral decubitus. The anesthesiologist will use an high-frequency linear ultrasound transducer sagitally at T4 level to identify the lateral extremity of the T4 transverse process (Logic E GE USE). After inserting in plane a Tuohy needle 80 mm 18G the anesthesiologist will locate the tip of the needle and confirm by hydrodissection the inter-fascial space between the inter-transverse ligament anteriorly and the fascia of the Erector Spinae Muscle posteriorly . He will insert under ultrasound vision a catheter (Perifix B.Braun Germany) . The anesthesiologist check the right position of the catheter with a dextrose 5% injection = 2mL under ultrasound vision and see the spread of the Dextrose between in the inter-fascial space. This procedure will be bilateral. The catheter will have a yellow label on the Huer®-Lock connector to identify clearly that it is regional analgesia catheter to prevent any errors in these patients will a lot of catheters. After this control an induction dose of Ropivacaine (0.5%) 0.25mL/Kg is injected in each catheter ( Loading dose). 8 h after a automatic infusion of Ropivacaine (0.2%) will be infused throw the 2 ESP catheters the infusion regimen will be Intermittent automatic bolus every 6h. on each catheter. The bolus on the second catheter will be delayed by 1 hour to minor the maximal plasmatic concentration. Volume of the bolus: For 40 to 50 kg patient the volume of intermittent automatic bolus will be 6 mL/ 6H/ Side For 50 to 60 kg patient the volume of intermittent automatic bolus will be 8 mL / 6H/ Side For 60 to 70 kg patient the volume of intermittent automatic bolus will be 10 mL / 6H/ Side For a 70 kg and \> 1.70 m Patient the volume of intermittent automatic bolus will be 12 mL / 6H/ Side If the block extension is not enough additional bolus by clinician only of 8 mL maximum 3 per day and 1 hour after the last automatic bolus delivered If the analgesia is not efficient after 1 additional bolus the catheters will be removed and we will prescribe the classical IV analgesia as before. The regional analgesia will be up to 4 hours after mediastinal drain removal and a maximum of 76h. after catheter incision A Bi Daily inspection of the catheters insertion points will be done. If redness around puncture point the catheters will be removed and shift to classical IV analgesia to prevent any infection. The criteria studied will be: Consumption of opioids at 48h Variation of Blood pressure during sternotomy Level of pain at rest and mob after the surgery Time to extubate the patient Early mobilisation after surgery the quality of thorax expansion Level of pain 1 month after the surgery and limited activity at one month The control group was an historical group of twenty consecutive patients, operated by the same surgeons from June 8th 2017 and August 1th 2017 and matched with the studied group, in which data were noted just before the introduction of ESB in the ERAS program. All data from the control group come from the centralized computer network of patient records at Vinmec University Hospital.

Interventions

DRUGRopivacaine

ESP catheter

Sponsors

Vinmec Healthcare System
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Prospective series case compared to a before group of consecutive patients

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Consent signed * Open heart surgery * Hemodynamic stable after anesthesia induction No variation more than 20% of blood pressure

Exclusion criteria

* refusal by patient * Unstable hemodynamic after induction * Failure of ESP catheter insertion Must have 2 ESP catheter well inserted

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Post operative Opioids consumption48h.Total dose of morphine used in post operative in mg of Morphine

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Acute post op pain1 hour after extubationVAS Visual analogically scale from 0 to 10 at rest and Thorax mobilisation
Pain at one month after surgeryOne month exactly = 30 days after date of surgeryVAS Visual analogically scale from 0 to 10 at rest and mobilisation
Peri operative sufentanil consumptionfrom induction anesthesia to last point of the skin (end of surgery) Time unit HourTotal dose of sufentanil in msg/kg

Countries

Vietnam

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026