Abdominal Wall Local Anesthesia to Maximize Postoperative Pain Control After Cesarean Delivery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study has been designed to determine if women undergoing cesarean delivery with spinal
anesthesia and routine pain management who also have an additional ultrasound guided
transversus abdominis plane (TAP)block using ropivacaine have better pain relief and a better
quality of recovery than women who don't have the additional TAP block. Maximizing pain
relief using ultrasound guided TAP blocks in addition to neuraxial opioids, NSAIDs, and
acetaminophen may improve acute pain outcomes, reduce adverse side effects, and potentially
reduce chronic pain.