Dual Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Pediatric Renal Transplant: Effect on Pain Control
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Alleviating pain in children undergoing renal transplant is extremely challenging. Large
incisions as those of renal transplant (Gibson's incision) require special techniques of pain
control that don't affect hemodynamics or renal function. Since the transplant incision
doesn't cross midline; a dual-TAP block is thought to be effective in providing pain control
in such procedure as it will anesthetize the dermatomes T6-T12, the muscles of the anterior
abdominal wall together with the underlying parietal peritoneum.