Postoperative Effects of TAP Block Versus QLB Type 2 Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-11-11
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study compares analgesic effectiveness of transversus abdominis plane block and quadratus lumborum block type 2 in open hernia repair surgery. All of the patients will receive routine intravenous analgesic regimen. In addition to that one-third of the patients will receive transversus abdominis plane block, one-third will receive quadratus lumborum block type 2. One-third of the patients will not receive any blocks and will constitute the control group

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Bupivacaine; Tramadol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are over 18 years of age

• Patients who are scheduled for elective unilateral open hernia repair with tension free mesh techniques

• Patients who are in ASA's physical status score group 1 or 2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are younger than 18 years of age

• Patients who have severe stenotic heart diseases

• Patients who have bleeding diathesis

• Patients who have true allergies to local anesthetics

• Patients who have neurologic deficits corresponding to effect site of the anesthetic techniques