Awake cardiac surgery using the novel pectoralis-intercostal-rectus sheath (PIRS) plane block and subxiphoid approach.

Antonio ToscanoEleonora BalzaniPaolo CapuanoAnna VaninettiChiara PerrucciErika SimonatoMauro RinaldiLuca Brazzi

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

Ultrasound guided PIRS block could be an effective and safe analgesic technique to manage sternal and subxiphoid drainage pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery via subxiphoid approach.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
ultrasound guided
acute kidney injury
patients undergoing
neuropathic pain
fine needle aspiration
chronic pain
pain management
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
postoperative pain