PABLOS 2.0 - Chronic Pain After Sternotomy

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient who participated in the PABLOS study (See below);

• French-speaking patient, able to understand and answer a questionnary

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient who has had an operation for cardiac or thoracic surgery, including a REDUX (surgical revision) of sternotomy since their inclusion in the PABLOS study;

• Patient opposing the research.

PABLOS criteria (NCT05345639) :

Pre-inclusion criteria

• Adult patient (≥18 years old);

• Patient having planned cardiac surgery with performance of a sternotomy at theAngers University Hospital;

• Patient having signed consent;

• French-speaking patient, able to understand and answer a questionnary;

• Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of a social security scheme;

Criteria for confirming inclusion

• Hemodynamic stability at the end of surgical intervention;

• Absence of bleeding justifying immediate surgical revision

Non-inclusion criteria

• Known hypersensitivity to local anesthetics with amide bonds;

• Operation for cardiac surgical revision, including REDUX (surgical revision) ofsternotomy;

• Emergency surgery;

• Surgery in a septic context (Endocarditis, Intravascular device infection);

• Weight less than 30kg;

• Severe psychiatric or cognitive disorder hindering assessment by questionnary;

• Pregnant, breastfeeding or parturient woman;

• Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision;

• Person subject to psychiatric care under duress;

• Person subject to a legal protection measure;

• Inclusion in another interventional study modifying post-operative pain management.