Open AccessComparative study between effect of pre- versus post-incisional transversus abdominis plane block on acute and chronic post-abdominal hysterectomy pain
Author(s) -
Yasser Mohamed Amr,
Sabry Mohamed Amin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.84199
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , sedation , nausea , analgesic , vomiting , surgery , hysterectomy , visual analogue scale , postoperative nausea and vomiting , incidence (geometry) , physics , optics
The prevalence of persistent chronic pain after abdominal hysterectomy is 5-32%. Our objectives were to determine the influence of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on the incidence of acute and chronic post-hysterectomy pain and to examine potential associations between time of block administration, either before surgical incision (preemptive) or after end of surgical procedure and its effect.