Transverse Thoracic Plane Block in the Pediatric Cardiac Patient (TTPPCT)

Ochsner Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Acute; Congenital Heart Disease

Treatments: Other: Transverse Thoracic Plane Block

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04138745

TTP Peds Cardiac

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative pain after cardiothoracic surgery can be a significant problem interfering with recovery, yet difficult to manage due to the sedating effects of opiates. These patients frequently have associated postoperative pulmonary changes and are at risk of respiratory depression with opioid analgesia. The ultrasound-guided transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTMPB) is a recently described regional anesthetic technique showing improvements in postoperative pain management. Further investigation is needed to establish the potential of the TTMPB as an analgesic modality in congenital cardiothoracic surgery in patients under the age of 18.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Congenital Heart Surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Over 18

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Description:

Historical control patients that are matched to the surgery type

Experimental

Description:

After the practice change of TTP was initiated, the future pediatric patients were put into a database.

Treatment:

Other: Transverse Thoracic Plane Block