Cutaneous Sensory Block Area of the Subcostal Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block (CUSBAT)

Nordsjaellands Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Ultrasound-guided subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (US-TAP)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05826093

CSBA-SUSTAP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients planned for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy received a peroperative ultrasound-guided subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (USTAP) at the beginning of the procedure. At T90 minutes after the end of anaesthesia the cutaneous sensory block area (CSBA) was measured using cold sensation and mapped with a sterile marker. The CSBA was photodocumented and the area calculated.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Planned for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy, age 18 or older, written and verbal consent

Exclusion criteria

• Non-compliant due to language or psychiatric disease, previous surgery to the upper abdomen, incisional hernia, pregnancy, sensory deficit of the abdomen or thorax.

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Patients planned for cholecystectomy

Description:

Patients planned for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy received a peroperative ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block at the beginning of the procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound-guided subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (US-TAP)