A Comparison of Exparel to Bupivacaine in TAP Block for Abdominal Gynecologic Surgery

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study evaluates the comparison between liposomal bupivacaine versus bupivacaine HCl in Transversus Abdominis Plane blocks for gynecologic surgery on the length of stay in the hospital, total narcotic use, and overall complications rates.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Abington Memorial Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients undergoing planned exploratory laparotomy

• TAP blocks placed after the laparotomy incision is closed, but before the patient is awake, and placed under ultrasound guidance with correct identification of the correct abdominal plane.

• Consent for TAP block signed by patients preoperatively by anesthesiology

Exclusion Criteria:

• All pregnant patients

• All patients under 18 years of age

• minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopy or robotic assisted laparoscopy

• medical contraindications to use of bupivacaine or liposomal bupivacaine such as severe hepatic and/or renal disease