TAP Blockade for Pain Control in One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass

Hospital General Universitario Elche

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Drug: Intravenous analgesia; Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane blockade

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03775018

HRJC 18-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups:

• TAP: Patients undergoing TAP blockade, associated with intravenous Acetaminophen analgesia
• IV: Patients receiving only intravenous Acetaminophen analgesia

Postoperative pain 24 hours after surgery will be evaluated.

Full description

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups:

• TAP: Patients undergoing TAP blockade, associated with intravenous Acetaminophen analgesia (1g/6h)
• IV: Patients receiving only intravenous Acetaminophen analgesia (1g/6h)

Postoperative pain 24 hours after surgery will be evaluated, by a Visual Analogic Scale (VAS), ranging from 0 to 100mm.

Enrollment: 140 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing One-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) as primary bariatric procedure

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing OAGB as revisional procedure
• Patients undergoing other bariatric procedures
• Patients undergoing additional surgical procedures during the same surgical act (band removal, cholecystectomy, hernioplasty, or hiatal hernia treatment)
• Patients with history of allegy to local anesthetic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Transversus abdominis plain blockade

Experimental group

Description:

The patients will undergo Transversus abdominis plain blockade, associated with intravenous analgesia

Treatment:

Drug: Intravenous analgesia

Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane blockade

Intravenous analgesia

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patients will receive intravenous analgesia with Acetaminophen (1g/6h)

Treatment:

Drug: Intravenous analgesia