Open AccessAnalgesic efficacy of ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block versus local anesthetic infiltration in adult patients undergoing single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Ejas Palathingal Bava,
Rashmi Ramachandran,
Vimi Rewari,
Chandralekha,
Virinder Kumar Bansal,
Anjan Trikha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.186620
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , local anesthetic , randomized controlled trial , perioperative , fentanyl , analgesic , morphine , surgery , visual analogue scale , cholecystectomy , anesthetic
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been used to provide intra- and post-operative analgesia with single incision laparoscopic (SIL) bariatric and gynecological surgery with mixed results. Its efficacy in providing analgesia for SIL cholecystectomy (SILC) via the same approach remains unexplored.