About this trial
Chronic pain is common complication of surgery procedures. Rates of mortalits is getting lower in cardiac surgery. This situation has brought us to focus morbidity and long term life quality. Previous study show that chronic pain after cardiac surgery is experienced 11-40% patient. Multifactorial causes play a role in chronic pain etiology. The aim of our study is to determine the causes of chronic pain in patients who underwent sternotomy.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Between the ages of 18-80
BMI 18-35 kg/m2
ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Scoring I-II-III
Elective open coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Disqualifiers
Patients under 18 and over 80 years of age
Patients who do not want to participate in the study
Patients with advanced organ failure (liver failure, renal failure)
Patients with chronic pain or chronic opioid use
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Open cardiac surgery with sternotomy