Bilateral Continuous Erector Spinae Blocks for Post-Sternotomy Pain Management

Phase 4 Completed 45 enrolled Boston Children's Hospital

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of bilateral continuous erector spinae blocks (BESB) for postoperative analgesia in children and adolescents undergoing cardiac surgical procedures via sternotomy in the Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program in a single arm, open label, interventional study.

Timeline

Start: 2020-09-22
Primary completion: 2022-01-22
Completion: 2022-01-22

Publications

Roy N, Parra MF, Brown ML, Sleeper LA, Kossowsky J, Baumer AM, Blitz SE, Booth JM, Higgins CE, Nasr VG, Del Nido PJ, Brusseau R. Erector spinae plane blocks for opioid-sparing multimodal pain management after pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Dec;168(6):1742-1750.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.03.010. Epub 2024 Mar 16.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	—	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.