A Study to Compare Laparoscopic to Echographic Assisted Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Laparoscopic Colectomy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the postoperative pain, the time needed and other clinical outcomes in patients who, during laparoscopic colectomy, will be injected with a local anesthetic (Ropivacaine) through an ultrasound guided technique performed by the anaesthesiologist or throught a laparoscopic assisted technique performed by the surgeon

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Davide La Regina
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients candidates to laparoscopic colorectal surgery

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 years old

• Pregnancy

• Allergy to local anaesthetics

• Spinal or epidural analgesia

• Acute inflammatory abdominal pathologies

• Chronic pain syndrome

• Contraindications to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)