Efficacy of ultrasound guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block following major abdominal surgery: a randomised controlled trial.

women undergo elective caesarean section-Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block on the abdominal wall under ultrasound guidance-conventional postoperative analgesic management-reduce pain medications post operation and improve patient comfort

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000389404

Enrollment

104

Registered

2007-07-24

Start date

2007-07-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The object of this project is to determine how useful an ultrasound guided TAP block is in reducing requirement for pain medications following elective caesarean section.

Interventions

Intervention: patient receive ropivacaine 200mg by the TAP block technique. All patients will be treated with standardised pain management and post analgesic care after surgery including a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) device which will deliver standard doses of morphine (1mg with a 5 minute lockout) intravenously when patient requires it for pain relief.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women undergo elective caesarean section

Exclusion criteria

Emergency caesarean section, refusal to participate in the study, allergies to any of the drugs used in the study (e.g. morphine or ropivacaine); insufficiency in speaking or reading English.

Outcome results