TAP Block or Wound Infiltration for Laparoscopic Pediatric Appendectomy: a Pilot Study

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-05-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Effectiveness of the TAP block compared to wound infiltration in controlling pain after laparoscopic appendectomy in children

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ospedale di Circolo - Fondazione Macchi
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged between 3 and 16 years, candidates for laparoscopic appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis.

• ASA physical status Class I and II

• Informed consent signed by parents / legal guardians

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe obesity (BMI> 95th percentile for age and weight)

• perforated appendicitis

• paralytic ileum

• non-stabilized neuropathies

• allergy to local anesthetics or analgesics used in the study protocol.

• patients on chronic opiate treatment

• need for perioperative hospitalization in intensive care with sedation and / or mechanical ventilation