Transversus abdominis plane block for laparoscopic surgery

[Continuous bilateral transversus abdominis plane block after abdominal surgery].

Foi com grande interesse que li o artigo de Lima et al.1 sobre o uso de infusão contínua de anestésico local via cateteres colocados bilateralmente no plano transverso abdominal (PTA) para analgesia no período pós-operatório de laparotomia exploratória. Parabenizo os autores pela apresentação do caso, porém, gostaria de acrescentar alguns comentários. O bloqueio do PTA tornou-se um importante m...

Transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND The increasing use of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block, as a form of pain relief after laparoscopic surgery, warrants evaluation of its effectiveness, when compared with other analgesic techniques. METHODS We searched online databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google scholar and The Cochrane Database of Systematic Review. Mean differences (MD) were formulated for continuous da...

Transversus abdominis plane block anesthesia in abdominoplasties.

BACKGROUND The transversus abdominis plane block is a promising approach to the provision of postoperative analgesia following abdominal incision. This effective method blocks the sensory nerve supply to the anterior abdominal wall. The authors evaluated its analgesic efficacy over the first 12 postoperative hours after abdominoplasty with liposculpture in a randomized, controlled, double-blind...

Ultrasound-guided Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block

International Journal of Ultrasound and Applied Technologies in Perioperative Care, January-April 2010;1(1):9-12 9 Ultrasound-guided Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block 1Niraj G, 1A Kelkar, 2R Powell 1Specialist Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK 2Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia, Leicester General Hospital, Gwen...

Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block.