Oblique Subcostal Tap Block Efficacy in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Phase 2/3 Unknown 120 enrolled Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

RandomizedCrossoverTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy although a minimally invasive procedure, may be accompanied by considerable pain after surgery. More recently transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block was extensively studied as a potential analgesic maneuver after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The subcostal approach (OSTAP block) is a variation on the TAP block that produces reliable supraumbilical analgesia.

Timeline

Start: 2015-03
Primary completion: 2016-02
Completion: 2016-06

Publications

Breazu C, Margarit S, Bartos A, Ionescu D. Postoperative Analgesia after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Prospective, Randomized, Double Blind, Control Trial. Chirurgia (Bucur). 2022 Oct;117(5):563-571. doi: 10.21614/chirurgia.2769.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	20 ml	Other
Comparator	Meperidine	Unknown	20 ml	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.