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ArticleAnnals of cardiac anaesthesia2024

Continuous Bilateral Transversus Thoracicmuscle Plane Block: An Analgesia Boon for Scoliotic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.

Avneet Singh, Indumati, Dheeraj Kapoor, Suman Dhillon, Jasmine K Narula, Sidharth Garg

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Article in Annals of cardiac anaesthesia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Avneet SinghDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
IndumatiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Dheeraj KapoorDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Suman DhillonDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Jasmine K NarulaDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Sidharth GargDepartment of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.

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Abstract

abstractA person with thoracolumbar scoliosis for cardiac surgery presents with problems of restrictive lung disease with the additional risk of reduced lung compliance and respiratory complications compared to the other patients. Post-operative analgesia in the form of continuous bilateral transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTMPB) may help such patients in early respiratory rehabilitation by decreasing the time to extubation, reducing the opioid requirement, and early initiation of physiotherapy decreasing the risk of complications.

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Cardiac Surgical ProceduresNerve BlockScoliosisAnalgesiaHumansMalePostoperative Pain

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PMID38722124
PMCPMC10876124

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