Nerve block for leg pain after heart bypass surgery
Part of Heart & circulation, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests if a nerve block in the leg (called an adductor canal block) can reduce pain after heart bypass surgery when a vein is taken from the leg. It may help you need less pain medicine and feel more comfortable after surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for heart bypass surgery (CABG) that will take a vein from your leg, but not any other heart surgery.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You can understand and sign a consent form.
- Your physical health status is rated as I to IV by the anesthesiologist.
- You do not have an infection, allergy to numbing medicines, or long-term pain that requires daily pain pills (except Tylenol).
- You do not have nerve damage in your leg, and you are not in two other research studies at Montreal Heart Institute.
- Your surgeon will be taking the leg vein with an open cut, not with a camera.
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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