A473 Implementation of Liposomal Bupivacaine in Laparoscopic Transverse Abdominis Pane block in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and effect on postoperative pain and use of Patient Controlled Analgesia - A Pilot study:

Minimizing use of Narcotics in the postoperative period is the utmost need of the hour. Narcotics, the mainstay of acute post-surgical pain has side effects that can hamper the recovery process. In our previous pilot study, we had used Bupivacaine in our transversus-abdominis-plane (TAP) block as an adjunctive pain regiment that helped us decrease the post-operative pain and requirement of postoperative narcotics. This salutary effect was short lasting. Liposomal Bupivacaine has been utilized to overcome this drawback in other studies.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research