The Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominal Plane Block After Abdominal Cancer Surgeries

Launched by RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE & RESEARCH CENTER, INDIA · May 23, 2017

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Adult patients of both sexes undergoing major lower abdominal cancer surgeries were enrolled in the study. After obtaining written informed consent from all the patients, they were randomly allotted to either Study (TAP) Group or Control group. Standard general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation was performed in all the patients. Preoperatively all patients received information about Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for Pain Score from 1 to 10 depending on intensity of pain and about the use of Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump. After the end of surgery and before extubation bilateral...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adult patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Physical Status I to III, for Open lower abdominal major onco surgeries more than 2 hours duration.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patient refusal to participate in the study, allergy to local anesthetics, coagulopathy, local skin infection at the site of TAP Block.