Unilateral TAP Block for Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-03-25
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study team will be assessing if the unilateral subcostal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can decrease pain and improve outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgeries.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 18-80 years old

• Candidate for general anesthesia

• Undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

• Patients of participating surgeons

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior bariatric surgery of any kind

• Previous abdominoplasty

• Allergy or intolerance to one of the study medications

• ASA > 4

• Chronic opioid use (taking opioids for longer than 3 months or daily oral morphine equivalent of >5mg/day for one month)

• History of alcohol/drug abuse

• History of hepatic or renal insufficiency

• Patient refusal