Unilateral TAP Block for Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Summary

The study team will be assessing if the unilateral subcostal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can decrease pain and improve outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgeries.

Timeline

Start

2018-12-10

Primary completion

2021-03-25

Completion

2021-03-25

Publications

• Background Thorell A, MacCormick AD, Awad S, Reynolds N, Roulin D, Demartines N, Vignaud M, Alvarez A, Singh PM, Lobo DN. Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations. World J Surg. 2016 Sep;40(9):2065-83. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3492-3.
• Background Ruiz-Tovar J, Munoz JL, Gonzalez J, Zubiaga L, Garcia A, Jimenez M, Ferrigni C, Duran M. Postoperative pain after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: comparison of three analgesic schemes (isolated intravenous analgesia, epidural analgesia associated with intravenous analgesia and port-sites infiltration with bupivacaine associated with intravenous analgesia). Surg Endosc. 2017 Jan;31(1):231-236. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-4961-3. Epub 2016 May 13.
• Background Cho JS, Kim HI, Lee KY, Son T, Bai SJ, Choi H, Yoo YC. Comparison of the effects of patient-controlled epidural and intravenous analgesia on postoperative bowel function after laparoscopic gastrectomy: a prospective randomized study. Surg Endosc. 2017 Nov;31(11):4688-4696. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5537-6. Epub 2017 Apr 7.
• Background Abdelsalam K, Mohamdin OW. Ultrasound-guided rectus sheath and transversus abdominis plane blocks for perioperative analgesia in upper abdominal surgery: A randomized controlled study. Saudi J Anaesth. 2016 Jan-Mar;10(1):25-8. doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.169470.
• Background Moncada R, Martinaitis L, Landecho M, Rotellar F, Sanchez-Justicia C, Bellver M, de la Higuera M, Silva C, Oses B, Martin E, Perez S, Hernandez-Lizoain JL, Fruhbeck G, Valenti V. Does Preincisional Infiltration with Bupivacaine Reduce Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery? Obes Surg. 2016 Feb;26(2):282-8. doi: 10.1007/s11695-015-1761-0.
• Background Tsai HC, Yoshida T, Chuang TY, Yang SF, Chang CC, Yao HY, Tai YT, Lin JA, Chen KY. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block: An Updated Review of Anatomy and Techniques. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:8284363. doi: 10.1155/2017/8284363. Epub 2017 Oct 31.
• Background McDonnell JG, O'Donnell B, Curley G, Heffernan A, Power C, Laffey JG. The analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block after abdominal surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial. Anesth Analg. 2007 Jan;104(1):193-7. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000250223.49963.0f.
• Background Shibata Y, Sato Y, Fujiwara Y, Komatsu T. Transversus abdominis plane block. Anesth Analg. 2007 Sep;105(3):883; author reply 883. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000268541.83265.7d. No abstract available.
• Background Lee TH, Barrington MJ, Tran TM, Wong D, Hebbard PD. Comparison of extent of sensory block following posterior and subcostal approaches to ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2010 May;38(3):452-60. doi: 10.1177/0310057X1003800307.
• Background Ari DE, Ar AY, Karip CS, Koksal C, Aydin MT, Gazi M, Akgun F. Ultrasound-guided subcostal-posterior transversus abdominis plane block for pain control following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Saudi Med J. 2017 Dec;38(12):1224-1229. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.12.21133.

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Indications

No indication recorded.