Combination of Preoperative Gabapentin and TAP Blocks in Decreasing Postoperative Pain

Summary

There is an increasing trend on decreasing narcotic use and maximizing efficiency in the perioperative care. There are no studies that have compared a TAP block versus a TAP block plus gabapentin for laparoscopic procures.This study will investigate if taking gabapentin and receiving a TAP block decrease post-operative morphine consumption. It will be a randomized controlled, double blind study, with 130 patients between 18-60 years; that will undergo laparoscopic GYN procedures. Secondary outcomes will look at the incidence of nausea, vomiting, and VAS (verbal analog scale) scores. This combination may be helpful because gabapentin will be used to decrease visceral and central pain, and TAP block will decrease somatic pain. Performing a multimodal approach may decrease narcotic consumption, adverse effects and improve pain management.

Timeline

Start

2020-03-04

Primary completion

2020-03-31

Completion

2020-03-31

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Did not get the study to take off, did not recruit any subjects, and then closed the study.”

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.