Comparison of TAP (Transversus Abdominis Plane) and Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerve Block for Analgesia of Open Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Drug: Patient controlled analgesia; Procedure: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block; Procedure: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block

• Registration Number: NCT01429480
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

TAP was recommended by PROSPECT for further investigation as an appropriate analgesic method after open herniorrhaphy. Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block is one of the oldest methods of analgesia. The researchers wish to investigate whether the TAP block is as effective as the ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08
• Status Verified: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2011-09-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-09-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-06
• Study First Posted: 2011-09-07
• Last Update Posted: 2011-09-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2013-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing elective primary unilateral open tension-free mesh inguinal hernia repair

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to consent to the study
• BMI more than 40
• Skin infection near injection site
• Chronic hepatic or renal failure
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Proven opioid dependency
• Coagulopathy
• Thrombocytopenia
• Dementia
• Lack of orientation
• Impossibility to understand VAS
• Patients suffering from chronic pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Patient controlled analgesia	-
TAP Block	Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block	-
II/IH Block	Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
postoperative pain	2 days postoperatively	Intensity of pain in rest and during movement at the operation day and 2 days postoperaive.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel