Analgesic efficacy of pre-emptive local wound infiltration plus laparoscopic-assisted transversus abdominis plane block versus wound infiltration in patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal resection: results from a randomized, multicenter, single-blind, non-inferiority trial

ConclusionThis study suggests that adding TAP block to WI does not affect pain control, amount of analgesics and other short-term outcomes.Trial registrationNCT03376048 (https://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research