The Effects of TAP Block on Postsurgical Pain After Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy:

Regina Elena Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain; Acute Pain

Treatments: Procedure: intravenous Patient controlled analgesia; Procedure: Tap block; Drug: Ropivacaine; Drug: Morphine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02460640

Tap Block

Details and patient eligibility

About

Single-center study in order to assess whether the tap block can make extremely beneficial in terms of reducing the acute and chronic pain as well as for use of opioids and side effects related to it in patients undergoing surgery to minimally invasive partial nephrectomy.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• asa score I,II,II
• patients scheduled for robot assisted partial nephrectomy

Exclusion criteria

• previous abdominal surgery
• inability to provide informed consent
• allergy to the anesthetic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

Tap Block

Active Comparator group

Description:

the intervention will be tap block after induction of anesthesia with ropivacaine 0,5% 15ml and continuous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine

Treatment:

Procedure: intravenous Patient controlled analgesia

Drug: Ropivacaine

Drug: Morphine

Procedure: Tap block

No Tap Block

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients who not receive tap block but they will be as intervention intravenous Patient controlled analgesia

Treatment:

Procedure: intravenous Patient controlled analgesia

Drug: Morphine