Serratus anterior and pectoralis plane blocks for robotically assisted mitral valve repair : a randomised clinical trial
(2023) In British Journal of Anaesthesia 130(6). p.786-794- Abstract
Background: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery provokes substantial pain and therefore analgesic consumption. The effect of fascial plane blocks on analgesic efficacy and overall patient satisfaction remains unclear. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that fascial plane blocks improve overall benefit analgesia score (OBAS) during the initial 3 days after robotically assisted mitral valve repair. Secondarily, we tested the hypotheses that blocks reduce opioid consumption and improve respiratory mechanics. Methods: Adults scheduled for robotically assisted mitral valve repairs were randomised to combined pectoralis II and serratus anterior plane blocks or to routine analgesia. The blocks were ultrasound-guided and used a mixture... (More)
Background: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery provokes substantial pain and therefore analgesic consumption. The effect of fascial plane blocks on analgesic efficacy and overall patient satisfaction remains unclear. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that fascial plane blocks improve overall benefit analgesia score (OBAS) during the initial 3 days after robotically assisted mitral valve repair. Secondarily, we tested the hypotheses that blocks reduce opioid consumption and improve respiratory mechanics. Methods: Adults scheduled for robotically assisted mitral valve repairs were randomised to combined pectoralis II and serratus anterior plane blocks or to routine analgesia. The blocks were ultrasound-guided and used a mixture of plain and liposomal bupivacaine. OBAS was measured daily on postoperative Days 1–3 and were analysed with linear mixed effects modelling. Opioid consumption was assessed with a simple linear regression model and respiratory mechanics with a linear mixed model. Results: As planned, we enrolled 194 patients, with 98 assigned to blocks and 96 to routine analgesic management. There was neither time-by-treatment interaction (P=0.67) nor treatment effect on total OBAS over postoperative Days 1–3 with a median difference of 0.08 (95% confidence interval [CI]: –0.50 to 0.67; P=0.69) and an estimated ratio of geometric means of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.85–1.13; P=0.75). There was no evidence of a treatment effect on cumulative opioid consumption or respiratory mechanics. Average pain scores on each postoperative day were similarly low in both groups. Conclusions: Serratus anterior and pectoralis plane blocks did not improve postoperative analgesia, cumulative opioid consumption, or respiratory mechanics during the initial 3 days after robotically assisted mitral valve repair. Clinical trial registration: NCT03743194.
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abstract = {{<p>Background: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery provokes substantial pain and therefore analgesic consumption. The effect of fascial plane blocks on analgesic efficacy and overall patient satisfaction remains unclear. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that fascial plane blocks improve overall benefit analgesia score (OBAS) during the initial 3 days after robotically assisted mitral valve repair. Secondarily, we tested the hypotheses that blocks reduce opioid consumption and improve respiratory mechanics. Methods: Adults scheduled for robotically assisted mitral valve repairs were randomised to combined pectoralis II and serratus anterior plane blocks or to routine analgesia. The blocks were ultrasound-guided and used a mixture of plain and liposomal bupivacaine. OBAS was measured daily on postoperative Days 1–3 and were analysed with linear mixed effects modelling. Opioid consumption was assessed with a simple linear regression model and respiratory mechanics with a linear mixed model. Results: As planned, we enrolled 194 patients, with 98 assigned to blocks and 96 to routine analgesic management. There was neither time-by-treatment interaction (P=0.67) nor treatment effect on total OBAS over postoperative Days 1–3 with a median difference of 0.08 (95% confidence interval [CI]: –0.50 to 0.67; P=0.69) and an estimated ratio of geometric means of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.85–1.13; P=0.75). There was no evidence of a treatment effect on cumulative opioid consumption or respiratory mechanics. Average pain scores on each postoperative day were similarly low in both groups. Conclusions: Serratus anterior and pectoralis plane blocks did not improve postoperative analgesia, cumulative opioid consumption, or respiratory mechanics during the initial 3 days after robotically assisted mitral valve repair. Clinical trial registration: NCT03743194.</p>}},
author = {{Alfirevic, Andrej and Marciniak, Donn and Duncan, Andra E. and Kelava, Marta and Yalcin, Esra Kutlu and Hamadnalla, Hassan and Pu, Xuan and Sessler, Daniel I. and Bauer, Andrew and Hargrave, Jennifer and Bustamante, Sergio and Gillinov, Marc and Wierup, Per and Burns, Daniel J.P. and Lam, Louis and Turan, Alparslan}},
issn = {{0007-0912}},
keywords = {{analgesia; cardiac anaesthesia; fascial muscle plane blocks; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; mitral valve repair; pain}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{6}},
pages = {{786--794}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{British Journal of Anaesthesia}},
title = {{Serratus anterior and pectoralis plane blocks for robotically assisted mitral valve repair : a randomised clinical trial}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.038}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.038}},
volume = {{130}},
year = {{2023}},
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