Case Report of Cryo Nerve Block in a Patient Undergoing Full Sternotomy: A Novel Approach to Pain Control in Cardiac
1From the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The New England Heart and Vascular Institute, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 65-year-old man undergoing open-heart surgery through a full sternotomy with the use of bilateral intercostal cryo nerve block (cryoNB) as adjunctive therapy for postoperative analgesia. CryoNB has been previously demonstrated as safe and effective for pain control in thoracotomy procedures as well as bilaterally in adolescent patients with pectus excavatum undergoing Nuss procedure. Herein, we describe for the first time, the cryoNB procedure for postoperative pain management in a patient undergoing full sternotomy.
Related Concept Videos
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants: Therapeutic Uses
Local Anesthetics: Clinical Application as Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
One of the advantages of...
Analgesia and Pain Management
Peripheral Artery Disease V: Postoperative Nursing Management


