Clinical Research Directory

SPSIP Block and Opioid Use After MICS

This prospective, randomized, controlled, single-center clinical study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block (SPSIPB) in perioperative pain management among patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS). A total of 50 patients undergoing MICS will be randomized into two groups: one receiving standard analgesia plus ultrasound-guided SPSIPB with 30 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine, and a control group receiving standard analgesia only. The primary outcome is total postoperative opioid consumption within 24 hours. Secondary outcomes include postoperative pain scores, extubation time, block-related complications, and recovery parameters such as early mobilization, oral intake, Modified radiological atelectasis score and Quality of Recovery-15 scores.

MInithoraCotomy vs Sternotomy for Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Partially Randomized Patient Preference Trial Assessing Quality of Life and Patency Outcomes

This trial will address essential questions of the efficacy and safety of MICS-CABG in addition to the quality of life and patency rate of the grafts. The study will also address the impact of patients' preferences on external validity and internal validity. In this study, patients with a preference will be allocated to treatment strategies accordingly, whereas only those patients without a distinct preference will be randomized. The randomized trial is a 248-patient controlled, randomized, investigator-blinded trial. It is designed to compare whether treatment with MICS-CABG is beneficial in comparison to CABG. This study is aimed to establish the superiority hypothesis for the physical component summary (PCS) accompanied by the noninferiority hypothesis for overall graft patency. Patients with no treatment preference will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to one of the two treatment arms. The primary efficacy endpoints are the PCS score at 30 days (1 month) after surgery and the overall patency rate of the grafts within 14 days ( before discharge) after surgery. Secondary outcome measures include the PCS score and patency rate at different time points. Safety endpoints include major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events, complications, bleeding, wound infection, death, etc.

Safety and Effectiveness of No-touch Technique for Ascending Aorta in MICS-CABG

The goal of this single-center prospective cohort study is to compare perioperative safety metrics and follow-up survival analyses in patients receiving Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting(MICS-CABG) and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass(OPCAB). The main question it aims to answer is: Is the bridge vessel patency rate of patients in the MICS-Notouch group noninferior to that of a saphenous vein bridge with conventional open-chest bypass? Participants will be divided into two groups: Exposure group (MICS-Notouch group): non-extracorporeal circulation multiple coronary artery bypass grafting surgery performed under direct visualization of a small incision in the left chest, including the application of LIMA (left internal mammary artery) + SVG (saphenous vein) multiple bypass grafting. Control group (OPCAB group): conventional median chest opening, non-extracorporeal circulation multi-branch coronary artery bypass graft surgery.