Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane Block and Postoperative Pain Intensity After Elective Cesarean Delivery (TAP)

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: TAP blockade

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00964600

825

Details and patient eligibility

About

The patients planned to go under elective cesarean delivery under general anesthesia are randomly assigned to have either bilateral transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block or usual standard analgesics after cesarean. Pain score (Verbal Analog Scale VAS) and analgesic requirements are recorded. It's supposed that both are significantly reduced in patients undergoing TAP block.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Elective cesarean delivery
2. Term pregnancies
3. General anesthesia
4. Pfannenstiel incision

Exclusion criteria

1. No history of sensitivity to prescribed analgesic (Bupivacaine or related substances)
2. No preeclampsia
3. No history of psychologic disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

TAP blockade

Experimental group

Description:

bilateral TAP blockade at the end of cesarean delivery

Treatment:

Procedure: TAP blockade

No TAP

No Intervention group

Description:

These patients would have usual analgesic drugs after cesarean