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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2024; 13(01): e40-e42
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1800969
Case Report: Cardiac

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair with Intercostal Cryoablation: A Case Report

Luisa Humpfle
1   Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg Campus Giessen, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
,
Andreas Böning
2   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
,
Bernd Niemann
1   Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg Campus Giessen, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
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Abstract

Background Minimally invasive lateral thoracotomies may cause severe postoperative pain and discomfort. We describe an intraoperative intercostal cryo-neuronal pain block as one possibility for postoperative pain relief.

Case description A 63-year-old male patient underwent minimally invasive mitral valve repair. To reduce postoperative pain, an intercostal cryo-neuronal ablation was performed. The consecutive course was pain-free.

Conclusion Intraoperative cryo-neuronal nerve block may be a standard procedure during minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

Keywords

minimally invasive surgery (includes port access - minithoracotomy) - nerves - cranial or peripheral - mitral valve surgery


Publication History

Received: 28 June 2024

Accepted: 31 July 2024

Article published online:
24 December 2024

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