Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Laparoscopic Colonic Resection

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

72

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2011

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2015

Conditions
Colonic CancerRectal CancerColonic DiverticulumUlcerative Colitis
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Ultrasound guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) bock

Ultrasound guided TAP bock with Bupivacaine 0.25% 20ml per side or to a maximum 1mg/kg per side and the skin puncture will be covered with a small plaster

PROCEDURE

Local anaesthetic infiltration of laparoscopic port sites

Laparoscopic port sites and specimen extraction site will be infiltrated with a total of 40 mls 0.25% bupivacaine subcutaneously at the end of the procedure in the control group and plasters will be stuck on either side approximately where a skin puncture for tap block would be made.

Trial Locations (1)

OX3 9DU

The Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS trust, Oxford

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

OTHER

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