The Effects of Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in Sleeve Gastrectomy Procedure.

Samsun Education and Research Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Obesity, Morbid

Treatments

Drug: Placebo

Procedure: Transversus abdominis plane block

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05447429

2020.7.2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sleeve gastrectomy is the most performed bariatric procedure worldwide. Postoperative pain management is a challenging issue. In this trial, the investigators aimed to explore the effects of laparoscopic guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on postoperative pain management in patient those were performed laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Full description

TAP block is a regional anesthesia technique which could be performed easily especially by laparoscopy and are used in various surgical procedures. In that technique, blockade of the plane between internal oblique muscle and transversus abdominis muscle is performed by infiltration of local anesthesics drugs. Therefore , reduction of postoperative pain could be lead to decrease in postoperative complications.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients between 18-65
undergo Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Exclusion criteria

Bupivacaine allergy
having chronic pain or taking pain management
ASA ( The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Classification System) Class 4 or
Patients who were performed additional procedures including cholecystectomy, hiatal hernia repair or abdominal hernia repair