Pain relief through chest tube medication after heart surgery
Treatments studied
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving a numbing medicine (ropivacaine) through the chest tube after open-heart surgery can reduce pain. It may help patients recover more comfortably.
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Who can take part
- You are scheduled for open-heart surgery through a cut down the middle of your chest.
- Your surgeon plans to open the space around your lungs during the procedure.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have signed a consent form agreeing to take part in the study.
- You are not allergic or sensitive to ropivacaine or similar numbing medicines.
- This is not your second or later time having this type of heart surgery.
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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