Keywords
cardiovascular surgery
spinal anesthesia
neuraxial blocks
ultrasound.
Abstract
Locoregional anesthesia recently has been described and used in thoracic and cardiac procedures, referring to better perioperative pain control, shorter extubation times, and shorter time in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In this narrative review, a search was carried out in different databases, among the most prominent are PubMed and Google Scholar, in which the most used techniques of locoregional analgesia in cardiovascular surgery, the description of the procedure, efficacy, advantages and disadvantages of each. From the foregoing, ultrasound-guided puncture stands out to minimize errors and it is a great utility for performing the technique adequately, controlling postoperative pain in recent hours and the ease of performing these techniques. However, it should be noted that despite locoregional anesthesia being a better analgesia technique. It has not been shown to be more efficient than epidural analgesiaReferences
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