Open AccessAnalgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block in providing effective perioperative analgesia in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Sulagna Bhattacharjee,
Manjushree Ray,
Tapas Ghose,
Souvik Maitra,
Amitava Layek
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.137274
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , perioperative , fentanyl , analgesic , bupivacaine , vomiting , randomized controlled trial , nausea , levobupivacaine , surgery , postoperative nausea and vomiting
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been shown to provide postoperative pain relief following various abdominal and inguinal surgeries, but few studies have evaluated its analgesic efficacy for intraoperative analgesia. We evaluated the efficacy of TAP block in providing effective perioperative analgesia in total abdominal hysterectomy in a randomized double-blind controlled clinical trial.