Efficacy of local anaesthetic transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks in laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Completed
- Conditions
- Surgery for colorectal diseasesSurgeryColorectal surgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN22165762
- Lead Sponsor
- Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Men and women, over the age of 18 years
2. Receiving any type of elective, laparoscopic colorectal surgery for benign or malignant disease
3. Operations conducted at Worthing Hospital, West Sussex, by any of the colorectal surgeons
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients under the age of 18 years
2. Undergoing open or emergency surgery
3. A history of renal failure, coagulopathies or allergy to levobupivicaine
4. Reoperations for complications
5. Previous abdominal surgery
6. Not undergoing colorectal surgery
7. Patients in which an intentional stoma is to be fashioned
8. Refusal to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post-operative morphine requirement measured in mg via a patient controlled system and analysed according to mg/kg, assessed according to usage at 1, 12, 24 and 48 hours after the patient wakes up from the anaesthetic.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Total hospital stay (MM), documented at discharge<br>2. Pain scores on a visual analogue scale (VAS) and categorical scoring system at rest and on movement (defined as going from a supine to sitting position) or coughing. VAS pain scores and categorical scoring system scores will be taken at 1, 12, 24 and 48 hours after the patient wakes, and upon waking up on PACU. <br>3. Time to first analgesia bolus, documented on the PCA pump