The Tap Block Technique Via the Anterior Approach in Elective Surgery of the Spine

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a prospective, single-centre, randomised, double-blind trial, comparing TAP block with continuous infiltration of ropivacaine versus placebo.

Procedure:

Once consent has been obtained, patients will be randomised into one of the two groups:

Ropivacaine or Placebo. At the end of the operation, the TAP block will be implemented via a catheter inserted by the anaesthetist.

• Phase: Phase 4

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 yo who have provided written informed consent

• Patients with an indication for elective spinal surgery using laparotomy

• Patients with national health insurance cover

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adults under guardianship

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women

• allergies or contra-indication for paracetamol, morphine-based drugs

• Contra-indication for ropivacaine

• Contra-indication for sodium chloride

• inability to understand PCA (patient-controlled anaesthesia)

• Hypersensitivity to ropivacaine or to other aminoamide local anaesthetics

• Hypovolemia