NEW ORLEANS—A combination of pectoralis fascial plane and serratus anterior plane blocks with liposomal bupivacaine does not yield superior analgesia compared with a standard parenteral analgesic regimen after minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
The study also found no clinical difference between groups in several outcomes, including quality of recovery, time-weighted average pain scores and hospital length of stay (LOS).
“Although opioids remain the primary analgesics used in