Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in the Management of Acute Postoperative Pain Syndrome After Caesarean Section

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2015-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

In many countries, caesarean section (CS) rates have been increasing. The international literature is unclear regarding the analgesic efficacy of the transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB) after a CS. In particular, no clinical trials exist in which the correct method of performing this block has been matched with the obtained analgesic effect after a CS. The primary goal of the study was to determine whether a correctly performed ultrasound-guided TAPB (USG-TAPB) could provide patients who underwent a CS with better control of acute postoperative pain during the first 72 hours after surgery

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Emiliano Petrucci
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III

• Caesarian Section. The Pfannenstiel incision was performed.

Exclusion Criteria:

• body mass index (BMI) >35

• allergy to local anesthetics

• skeletal and/or muscle abnormalities of the spine

• primary and/or secondary neurological diseases

• psychiatric diseases

• history of chronic pain and/or neuropathic disorders

• history of drug abuse

• state of sepsis

• infection and/or tumors within the skin on the back

• primary or secondary coagulopathies

• pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.