Transversus Abdominis Plane Catheter: a Study of Method

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Major abdominal surgery is associated with postoperative pain. Transversus Abdominis Plane(TAP) block has been shown to reduce pain and opioid-requirements after abdominal surgery. However a single block has a short effect of up to 12 hours depending on the type local-anesthetics used.

With this study we wish to investigate the possibilities to place a TAP-catheter in order to prolong the the effect of the TAP-block by giving repeatedly bolus-injections in the TAP catheter and to study the pain and the opioid requirements of patients undergoing elective colon-resection when given a TAP-catheter preoperatively.

Our hypothesis is that it is practical and technical possible to place bilateral TAP-catheters pre-operatively and that pain and opioid-requirements will be low.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Aalborg Universitetshospital; Aalborg University Hospital
• Collaborator: University of Aarhus
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Racepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• elective open colon-resection

• adult

• written and informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• re-operation within the first 48 hours

• need for sedation and ventilator-support postoperatively

• accidental removal of catheter within the first 24 hours