Comparative study between effect of pre- versus post-incisional transversus abdominis plane block on acute and chronic post-abdominal hysterectomy pain | Zendy

YasserMohamed Amr | Zendy; SabryM Amin | Zendy

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Comparative study between effect of pre- versus post-incisional transversus abdominis plane block on acute and chronic post-abdominal hysterectomy pain

Author(s) -

YasserMohamed Amr,

SabryM Amin

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

anesthesia essays and researches

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.

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