Ultrasound Guided TAP Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Abdominal Surgery.

Summary

Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel type of peripheral nerve block that involves innervations of the anterolateral abdominal wall derived from T6-L1.It provides adequate post-operative pain relieve following the various abdominal surgeries. Theoretically, TAP block may replace the need for epidural analgesia after abdominal operations. The oblique subcostal approach of the TAP (OSTAP) block, which was de¬scribed by (Hebbard et al, 2010) , has been reported to provide analgesia to the entire anterior abdomen.

Timeline

Start

2016-11

Primary completion

2018-06

Completion

2018-07

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.