Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Acute Appendicitis Pain Managment

Erol Olcok Corum Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Acute Abdomen; Acute Appendicitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05004532

19/08/2020 - 223

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the analgesic efficacy of the preoperatively applied Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in the management of acute appendicitis-related abdominal pain and post-appendectomy pain.

Full description

TAP block creates an analgesic effect by blocking both sensory skin dermotams and viscerosomatic transmission. TAP block with ultrasound was first performed by Hebbard, and the use of USG made the procedure faster and safer. TAP block has been successfully applied for analgesia in procedures such as laparoscopic colocystectomy, inguinal hernia repair, abdominal hysterectomy, prostatectomy and appendectomy. According to the surgical incision to be applied, TAP block is performed from different anatomical regions. It is also applied for pain palliation in intra-abdominal etiologies or rarely for anesthesia in surgical procedures.

The analgesic efficacy of TAP block on preoperative abdominal pain and postoperative surgical pain in acute appendicitis was investigated.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis,
• with abdominal pain,
• tap block applied for perioperative pain management.

Exclusion criteria

• The data of patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy
• additional surgical procedure other than appendectomy (right hemicolectomy, etc.)
• who were diagnosed other than acute appendicitis after the surgical procedure (diverticulitis, tumor, etc.),