Overview

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

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2014-08-20

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

Effective postoperative pain control results in decreased cardiac and pulmonary complications, patient satisfaction and early mobilization. A prospective, randomized comparative study was done of analgesic efficacy, opioid requirement and side effects in patients undergoing lower abdominal cancer surgeries. In Study Group Ultrasound guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block was given and control Group no TAP block was given. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with intravenous morphine was given to both group patients, and total good PCA demands in both the groups was studied.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center, India

Treatments:

Analgesics
Bupivacaine
Morphine

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.