ESP vs ESP With PECS

Phase 4 Completed 33 enrolled Medical University of Lublin Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Jadwiga Provincial Clinical Hospital, Rzeszów, Poland · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

Patients scheduled for minimally invasive mitral valve repair. Each patient will be treated with intravenous (i.v.) oxycodone - patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). Patients will be allocated to one of the groups: erector spinae plane (ESP) block or EPS with pectoral fascia (PECS) block.

Timeline

Start: 2018-06-28
Primary completion: 2018-08-31
Completion: 2018-09-30

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Patients in the PECS + ESP group used significantly less oxycodone than those in the ESP group PMID 32106812 ↗

paper median 12 [interquartile range (IQR): 6-16] mg vs. 20 [IQR: 18-29] mg (p = 0.0004). PMID 32106812 ↗

Publications

Gaweda B, Borys M, Belina B, Bak J, Czuczwar M, Woloszczuk-Gebicka B, Kolowca M, Widenka K. Postoperative pain treatment with erector spinae plane block and pectoralis nerve blocks in patients undergoing mitral/tricuspid valve repair - a randomized controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Feb 27;20(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-00961-8.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Oxycodone	Other / unclassified	0.1 mg	Intravenous
Background	Acetaminophen	Small molecule	—	Intravenous