Regional Anesthesia Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate pain control following pediatric cardiac surgery with the use of local anesthesia via an ultrasound guided regional anesthetic technique compared with surgeon delivered wound infiltration.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Duke University
• Collaborator: The Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children less than 18 years old

2. Presenting for primary atrial septal defect or ventricular septal defect repair

3. Informed consent / assent provided

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients on opioid therapy at the time of surgery

2. History of sternotomy

3. Planned postoperative intubation

4. Current diagnosis of a chronic pain syndrome.