Truncal Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Implantation and Revision of Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (AICDs) and Pacemakers in Pediatric Patients

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of truncal blocks for pacemaker and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator implantation in children and to prospectively evaluate whether there is a decrease in amount of narcotic medications need and track complications.

Conditions

  • Analgesia After Pacemaker
  • AICDS Implantation Pediatrics

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 0 Years and 17 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients undergoing implantation or revision of pacemaker or AICD in the pediatric cath lab

Exclusion Criteria

  • parent or patient refusal - use of narcotic medications prior to procedure

Study Design

Phase
Phase 4
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Active Comparator
Local Anesthetic (LA Group)
  • Drug: LA group
    In the LA group, only the local anesthetic infiltration will be performed by injecting the numbing medicine ropivacaine into the surgical site.
Active Comparator
B group
  • Drug: B Group
    In the B Group,pectoral (PECS) and transversus thoracic plane(TTP) blocks will be performed by injecting the numbing medicine ropivacaine near the nerves.

More Details

Status
Completed
Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Contact