TAP Block Alone Versus TAPblock With Rectus Sheath Block in Liposuction Surgery

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane block; Procedure: rectus sheath block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02854553

TAP in liposuction

Details and patient eligibility

About

The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is an effective regional nerve block for the anterior abdominal wall. An anesthesiologist typically administers the TAP block preoperatively with ultrasound guidance. It is not yet commonly used during anterior abdominal wall liposuction, where postprocedural pain remains a major concern for patients and surgeons.

Full description

The author investigated the feasibility of administering the TAP block under direct vision and compared postoperative narcotic use in patients who received analgesia by TAP block vs with TAP block i addition to rectus sheath block, both performed under direct vision during anterior abdominal wall liposuction.

Enrollment: 48 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I-II, consent,

Exclusion criteria

• allergy, coagulopathy, refusal, mentally unstable

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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48 participants in 3 patient groups

TAP

Experimental group

Description:

Transversus abdominis plane block

Treatment:

Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane block

TAP and rectus sheath block

Experimental group

Description:

Transversus abdominis plane block with rectus sheath block

Treatment:

Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane block

Procedure: rectus sheath block

control

No Intervention group

Description:

no truncal blocks, conventional analgesia