Ultrasound Guided TAP Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Abdominal Surgery.
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel type of peripheral nerve block that
involves innervations of the anterolateral abdominal wall derived from T6-L1.It provides
adequate post-operative pain relieve following the various abdominal surgeries.
Theoretically, TAP block may replace the need for epidural analgesia after abdominal
operations. The oblique subcostal approach of the TAP (OSTAP) block, which was de¬scribed by
(Hebbard et al, 2010) , has been reported to provide analgesia to the entire anterior
abdomen.