Effects of Modified Thoracoabdominal Nerve Block Through Perichondrial Approach on Postoperative Pain and Analgaesic Consumption in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

OBJECTIVE: To investigate postoperative analgaesic efficacy of modified thoracoabdominal nerve block through perichondrial approach (M-TAPA) and its effect on opioid consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) surgery.

STUDY DESIGN: Randomised, controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkiye, from April to May 2023.

METHODOLOGY: The study was conducted in two randomised groups: M-TAPA (n = 21) and control group (CG) (no block) (n = 21). All patients had standard general anaesthesia. M-TAPA patients had bilateral M-TAPA block with 0.25% bupivacaine (total volume, 40 ml) at the end of the surgery. In contrast, CG patients had only tramadol for postoperative pain. A numerical rating scale (NRS) and visual analogue scale (VAS) were used for postoperative pain assessment. Total tramadol consumption was calculated.

RESULTS: M-TAPA's NRS and VAS scores were lower in postoperative 24 hours (p<0.05). Total tramadol consumption was 116.67 ± 32.91 mg in CG and 35.71 ± 39.19 mg in M-TAPA (p<0.001).

CONCLUSION: Bilateral M-TAPA block for postoperative pain control after LC surgery provided effective analgaesia for up to 24 hours and reduced total opioid consumption. Although the M-TAPA block is a novel approach, it will be a part of multimodal analgaesia for routine postoperative pain management in abdominal surgeries. However, more studies with higher numbers of patients will be needed.

KEY WORDS: Analgaesia, Bupivacaine, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Nerve block, Pain management.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP - 34(2024), 1 vom: 08. Jan., Seite 5-10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Avci, Onur [VerfasserIn]
Gundogdu, Oguz [VerfasserIn]
Balci, Fatih [VerfasserIn]
Tekcan, Muhammed Nail [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

39J1LGJ30J
Analgesics, Opioid
Bupivacaine
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Tramadol
Y8335394RO

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Date Completed 09.01.2024

Date Revised 09.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.29271/jcpsp.2024.01.05

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366765671