Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
The goal of this pilot study is to describe and compare Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Blocks using Exparel® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) to Marcaine® (bupivacaine hydrochloride) for pain management and outcomes after cardiac surgeries.
Postoperative pain is a major concern for patients after cardiovascular surgery. With an increasing emphasis on improving perioperative care arising from evidence-based protocols such as Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), reducing postoperative pain not only increases patient satisfaction, but also decreases postoperative complications and improves outcomes. Reduced postoperative pain also decreases rates of pneumonia and time on mechanical ventilation, in the ICU, or in the hospital. Importantly, decreasing postoperative pain can also reduce high dose opioid usage, the established metho…
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults (18 years-no upper age limit) * Scheduled for mini thoracotomy (i.e. valve repair) or open sternotomy (i.e. bypass graft) at single academic medical center (in and out-patients). Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded if they: * Are currently on pain medication or pain regimen for chronic pain condition * Convert to sternotomy (for thoracotomies) * Require, upon intraoperative discovery and surgeon's decision, the need for an unplanned secondary procedure other than the originally scheduled index operation * Undergo emergent surgery * Are non-English spe…
Bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension (Exparel) will be administered by ultrasound-guided ESP block, unilaterally if thoracotomy on ipsilateral side, bilaterally if median sternotomy.
Bupivacaine HCl (Marcaine) will be administered by ultrasound-guided ESP block, unilaterally if thoracotomy on ipsilateral side, bilaterally if median sternotomy.
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