Single-shot TAP Block vs Continuous TAP Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether continuous transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is superior to single shot TAP for postoperative pain after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University
• Collaborator: Halyard Health
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Acetaminophen, hydrocodone drug combination; Oxycodone; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Healthy subject undergoing laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

• (ASA) American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 or 2

• Age 18 or older, male or female

• Desires TAP block for postoperative pain control

Exclusion criteria:

• Any contraindication for TAP block - single or continuous

• History of substance abuse

• Any physical, mental or medical conditions which, in the opinion of the investigators, may confound quantifying postoperative pain resulting from surgery.

• Known allergy or other contraindications to the study medications (Ropivacaine, Normal Saline, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone and Acetaminophen)