Intraoperative Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Gynecologic Surgery (GYNTAP)

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2016-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study attempts to learn about the effectiveness of a modification to the Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block that works by anaesthetizing the sensory afferents of the abdominal wall postoperatively using ultrasound guidance. The investigators want to see if regional blocks placed by the surgeon intraoperatively to assure regional anesthetic spread in the appropriate plane could reduce error and improve postoperative recovery.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age≥18 years old and not pregnant

• Must be able to provide informed consent - functional understanding of English

• Undergoes exploratory laparotomy with midline abdominal incision

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of substance abuse

• History of chronic pain syndrome

• Daily opioid use for more than 1 month

• Patients considered to have chorioamnionitis at the time of cesarean surgery as determined by the attending physician

• Prior abdominal surgery involving mesh or placement of an ostomy site as this may disrupt the plane in which the anesthetic may spread

• Allergy to local anesthetics

• History of cardiac arrhythmias or cardiac abnormalities

• History of seizure disorder

• Liver disease