ReviewCureus2021
Regional Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery: A Review of the Literature.
Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgeries- A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaPooled it
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- Thoracic Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blockade for Pain Management Following Open Heart Surgery in Children: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Analgesic Efficacy and Impact on Postoperative Opioid Requirements.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Review
- Regional anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery: a review.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Review
- A review of recent advances in anesthetic drugs for patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- The Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Approach in Heart Valve Surgery: A Systematic Review of Clinical Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Revolutionizing Cardiac Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review of Contemporary Approaches Outside the Operating Room.Cureus · 2024Review
- Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Plane Block: Effect on the Postoperative Analgesia and Recovery After Off-PUMP Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
With our population getting older and sicker, we are witnessing a steady increase in the volume of cardiothoracic procedures performed. As the role of anesthesiologists continues to shift towards being perioperative physicians, it is crucial to tailor the anesthetic to manage the surgical pain in both intraoperative and postoperative periods. In cardiac surgery, poorly controlled surgical pain can lead to opioid-induced hyperalgesia as well as chronic pain syndrome. As current practice encourages early extubation and decreased length of stay, clinicians have increasingly steered away from heavy intraop narcotic therapy over the past two decades. To blunt the sympathetic response and postoperative pain control, some have been using various fascial plane nerve blocks to reduce opioid use during surgery. These blocks are considered very safe to perform and do not lead to hemodynamic changes seen in neuraxial blockades. In this review article, we provide a brief overview of each of the commonly used blocks and summarize and discuss the latest clinical data for each of the common blocks and their efficacy in the setting of cardiothoracic surgery.
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