Essentials of our current understanding: abdominal wall blocks

KJ Chin, JG McDonnell, B Carvalho… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2017 - rapm.bmj.com
Abdominal wall blocks rely on the spread of local anesthetic within musculofascial planes to
anesthetize multiple small nerves or plexuses, rather than targeting specific nerve structures …

Transversus abdominal plane block for postoperative analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

E Brogi, R Kazan, F Giunta… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - search.proquest.com
Purpose The transversus abdominal plane (TAP) block has been described as an effective
pain control technique after abdominal surgery. We performed a systematic review and meta …

Clinical safety and effectiveness of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in post-operative analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Ma, JK Duncan, AJ Scarfe, S Schuhmann… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks can provide analgesia postoperatively for a
range of surgeries. Abundant clinical trials have assessed TAP block showing positive …

European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Guidelines on peri-operative use of ultrasound for regional anaesthesia (PERSEUS regional anesthesia) …

E Boselli, P Hopkins, M Lamperti… - European Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Guide... : European Journal of
Anaesthesiology | EJA European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Guidelines on …

Analgesic efficacy of postoperative bilateral, ultrasound-guided, posterior transversus abdominis plane block for laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery: a randomized …

Y Zhao, HY Zhang, ZY Yuan, Y Han, YR Chen, Q Liu… - BMC …, 2021 - Springer
Background We assessed whether a postoperative bilateral, ultrasound-guided, posterior
transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block could reduce 24 h rescue tramadol requirement …

Clinical analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone as a local anesthetic adjuvant for transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block: a meta-analysis

Q Chen, R An, J Zhou, B Yang - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Perineural dexamethasone has been shown to prolong the duration of local
anesthetic (LA) effect in regional anesthesia; however, the use of perineural dexamethasone …

Quadratus lumborum block and transversus abdominis plane block in laparoscopic nephrectomy: a meta-analysis

AS Alvi, JA Nasir, MA Nizam, MM Hamdani… - Pain …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To study the efficacy of quadratus lumborum block (QLB) and transversus abdominis
plane (TAP) in laparoscopic nephrectomy patients. Materials & methods: We conducted a …

Application of TAP block in laparoscopic urological surgery: current status and future directions

M Shahait, DI Lee - Current Urology Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Amid the opioid crisis, postoperative pain management is a
major challenge for practitioners. Recent pain management guidelines emphasize the …

Transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative pain relief after hand-assisted laparoscopic colon surgery: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

R Tikuisis, P Miliauskas, V Lukoseviciene… - Techniques in …, 2016 - Springer
Background Although hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) offers patients smaller
surgical incisions, they still experience pain. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Anesthetic considerations for urologic surgeries

CH Koo, JH Ryu - Korean journal of anesthesiology, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
Urologic surgeries are widely performed, and the cases have increased owing to the fact
that the elderly population is growing. The narrow and limited surgical space is a challenge …