Efficacy of ultrasound-guided bilateral pecto-intercostal fascial plane block as a pre-emptive analgesic adjunct in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A randomized, double-blinded study.

Pradeep Arisseril Powers, Saravana Babu, Rupa Sreedhar, Shrinivas V Gadhinglajkar, Prasanta Kumar Dash, Subin Sukesan

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Pradeep Arisseril PowersDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Saravana BabuDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Rupa SreedharDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Shrinivas V GadhinglajkarDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Prasanta Kumar DashDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Subin SukesanDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

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Background and Aims: No studies have assessed the pre-emptive analgesic efficacy of pecto-intercostal fascial plane block (PIFB). We evaluated the pre-emptive analgesic efficacy of PIFB by comparing with the routine in-hospital analgesic protocol for sternotomy pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Material and Methods: This prospective, randomized, double-blinded study was conducted on 90 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. The patients were randomized into two groups as follows: 1. PIFB group ( Results: The total intraoperative fentanyl consumption was significantly less in the PIFB group (587.8 ± 165.7 µg) than in the NPIFB group (935.6 ± 157.2 µg) ( Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided PIFB is very effective as a pre-emptive analgesic adjunct for sternotomy pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

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Cardiac surgerypecto-intercostal fascial blockpost-sternotomy painpre-emptive analgesia

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PMID41181274

DOI10.4103/joacp.joacp_522_24

PMCPMC12578022

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