Nerve block for recovery after heart bypass surgery
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests a numbing injection (paravertebral block) given near your spine to see if it improves recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery. It may help reduce pain and speed up your recovery after the operation.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 or older.
- You must be scheduled for an elective (planned, not emergency) coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG, surgery.
- Your surgery must open your chest through the breastbone (median sternotomy).
- You cannot have conditions that make a nerve block unsafe, such as bleeding problems, an infection at the injection site, or an allergy to local anesthetics.
- You should not have severe back deformities or chronic pain.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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