About this trial
This clinical trial compares analgesia efficiency and recovery outcomes between two different fascial plane block techniques (ESPB vs.PIFB) in cardiac surgery patients participant population/health conditions\].
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does ESPB provide superior analgesia than PIFB * Do patients who receive ESPB have better recovery outcomes
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adults patients, elective and first-time cardiac surgery patients undergoing traditional sternotomy. Procedures include coronary artery bypass surgery, valve repair or replacement surgery, atrial and ventricular septal defect repair surgery, and other open-heart surgeries.
Disqualifiers
1. Emergency surgery 2. Anticipated combined major aortic vascular surgery 3. Already admitted to the ICU or on a ventilator before surgery.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Erector spinae plane block (ESPB)
- Pecto-intercostal fascial plane blok (PIFB)