Effect of TAP Block on Ventilatory Function Following Abdominal Surgery (KTAP)

Pierre and Marie Curie University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Laparotomy

Treatments: Procedure: Regional analgesia infusion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01719796

KTAP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Abdominal surgery impairs ventilation. Postoperative pain accounts for this impairment. Regional analgesia is known to reduce pain, thus to limit ventilatory impairment. The investigators hypothesized bilateral continuous transverse abdominal plan block would reduce ventilatory impairment following abdominal surgery.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• laparotomy

Exclusion criteria

• below 18, pregnancy, prisoners

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Bilateral TAP catheter

Experimental group

Description:

Ultrasonography guided bilateral TAP catheter insertion.

Treatment:

Procedure: Regional analgesia infusion

No TAP catheter

No Intervention group