75
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2011
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2013
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2013
Bupivicaine
The TAP block will be placed using a standardized ultrasound-guided approach. Subjects assigned to the study group will have an injection of 30 mL 0.25% bupivacaine, a local anesthetic with 3 mcg/mL of epinephrine, placed into the plane between the internal oblique and the transversus abdominis
Placebo
The placebo block will be placed in a similar manner, using a standardized ultrasound-guided approach. The placebo injection will consist of 30 mL sterile, preservative-free saline.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTHER