To assess the effect of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block to control pain after removal of uterus.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N719- Inflammatory disease of uterus, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/05/025379
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Motors Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA grade I-III
2. Total abdominal hysterectomy done via lower abdominal transverse (Pfannenstiel) incision.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient refusal.
2. A history of drug allergy or local anaesthetic toxicity.
3. BMI >35kg/m2 (to limit maximum Ropivacaine dose to 3mg/kg)
4. Contraindications to regional anaesthesia (bleeding diathesis, infection at the site of block and peripheral neuropathy)
5. Change of anaesthetic technique to general anaesthesia.
6. Failure or complication in epidural catheter insertion.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method