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Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block Versus Pectointercostal Fascial Block for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
Led by Assiut University · Updated on 2026-02-19
90
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
14 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This work aims to assess the analgesic efficacies of transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTPB) and transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTPB) for open cardiac surgeries
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block Versus Pectointercostal Fascial Block for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age from 40 to 60 years
- Both sexes
- American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status II-III
- Body mass index (BMI) < 35 kg/m2
- Underwent cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass graft surgery with median sternotomy)
You will not qualify if you...
- Valve replacement procedures
- Emergency operations
- Redo surgeries
- Minimally invasive approaches
- The presence of psychiatric disorders
- Cognitive impairment preventing accurate assessment using the verbal numerical rating scale (NRS)
- Known hypersensitivity or a history of allergy to local anesthetics
- Had severe major organ dysfunction
- Left ventricular ejection fraction below 30%
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt, 71515
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
N
Noha H Abdelghany, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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