Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Nov 2022
Analgesic Effects of a Novel Combination of Regional Anesthesia After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of regional anesthesia in children undergoing congenital heart surgery was associated with differences in outcomes when compared to surgeon-delivered local anesthetic wound infiltration. ⋯ Bilateral PIFBs and a unilateral RSB on the side ipsilateral to the chest tube is a novel analgesic technique for sternotomy in pediatric patients. In this retrospective study, these interventions were associated with decreases in postoperative opioid use, pain scores, and hospital length of stay without prolonging time under GA.