Effect of TAP Block on Time Required for First Analgesic Dose After Cesarean Cection Under Spinal Anesthesia

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

While opioids are the mainstay for post-operative analgesia after caesarean section, they are associated with various side effects. Ultrasound guided transversusabdominis plane (TAP) block has been postulated to provide effective analgesia for caesarean section. However a new technique in TAP block is described which can be used safely by a beginner without any fear of complication whichwill help in providing good postoperative analgesia to maximumnumber of patients.

This study will evaluate the analgesic efficacy of TAP block using Modified Surgeon Assisted Bilateral TAP block for post caesarean analgesia in a randomized controlled trial.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams Maternity Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I-II

2. Normal singleton pregnancy.

3. With a gestational age of completed 37 weeks or more.

4. Category ІV cesarean section

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Under the age of 18 or older than 40 years.

2. Obese patients with a BMI >40.

3. ASA III or ASA IV risk groups

4. Patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia or history of allergy to bupivacaine.

5. patients who received analgesics in the past 24 hours

6. Infection in the region where the block would be performed.

7. Category І- Ц- Ш cesarean section

8. Refusal to participate in the study