Is transverse abdominis plane block effective following local anesthetic infiltration in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernia repair?

Mun Gyu Kim, Soon Im Kim, Si Young Ok, Sang Ho Kim, Se-Jin Lee, Sun Young Park, Jae-Hwa Yoo, Ana Cho, Kyung Yul Hur, Myung Jin Kim, Mun Gyu Kim, Soon Im Kim, Si Young Ok, Sang Ho Kim, Se-Jin Lee, Sun Young Park, Jae-Hwa Yoo, Ana Cho, Kyung Yul Hur, Myung Jin Kim

Abstract

Background: Transverse abdominis plane (TAP) block can be recommended as a multimodal method to reduce postoperative pain in laparoscopic abdominal surgery. However, it is unclear whether TAP block following local anesthetic infiltration is effective. We planned this study to evaluate the effectiveness of the latter technique in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernia repair (TEP).

Methods: We randomly divided patients into two groups: the control group (n = 37) and TAP group (n = 37). Following the induction of general anesthesia, as a preemptive method, all of the patients were subjected to local anesthetic infiltration at the trocar sites, and the TAP group was subjected to ultrasound-guided bilateral TAP block with 30 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine in addition before TEP. Pain was assessed in the recovery room and post-surgery at 4, 8, and 24 h. Additionally, during the postoperative 24 h, the total injected dose of analgesics and incidence of nausea were recorded.

Results: On arrival in the recovery room, the pain score of the TAP group (4.33 ± 1.83) was found to be significantly lower than that of the control group (5.73 ± 2.04). However, the pain score was not significantly different between the TAP group and control group at 4, 8, and 24 h post-surgery. The total amounts of analgesics used in the TAP group were significantly less than in the control group. No significant difference was found in the incidence of nausea between the two groups.

Conclusions: TAP block following local infiltration had a clinical advantage only in the recovery room.

Keywords: Hernia; Repair; Ropivacaine; Transverse; Ultrasonography.

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(A) Intraoperative laparoscopic view of the left preperitoneal space of a patient (1: internal inguinal ring, 2: inferior epigastric vessels, 3: testicular vessels, 4: vas deferens, 5: external iliac vessels, 6: Hasselbach's triangle). (B) A mesh was placed and fixed with a tacker.

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