Open AccessPatient-controlled analgesia with and without transverse abdominis plane and rectus sheath space block in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver resection
Author(s) -
Khaled Yassen,
Mahmoud Lotfy,
Ashraf Miligi,
Ahmed Sallam,
Eman Abdel Razik Hegazi,
Mohamed Afifi
Publication year - 2019
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/joacp.joacp_36_17
Subject(s) - medicine , rectus sheath , resection , transverse plane , block (permutation group theory) , plane (geometry) , surgery , abdominal wall , radiology , geometry , mathematics
Optimal pain control can be a challenge in cirrhotic patients. The aim was to compare the analgesic efficacy and side effects of intravenous fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with and without bupivacaine boluses in transversus abdominis plane (TAP) and rectus sheath space (RSB) in cirrhotics undergoing liver surgery.