Surgical Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Pediatric Patients — TAP  

Child Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of Surgical Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Relief Following Abdominal Surgery in Pediatric Patients.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study to determine the effect of surgical transversus abdominis plane block and local infiltration for postoperative pain control in major abdominal surgery compare with control group.

Clinical Trial Description

Most children experience postoperative pain after major abdominal surgery. They may have ineffective ventilation, following atelectasis and pneumonia if receive inadequate pain management. There are several methods used for pain relief such as epidural block, intravenous analgesia with local infiltration, transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block by ultrasound guided and surgical TAP block. Therefore, the investigators would like to compare the effectiveness of postoperative pain control with TAP block. However, TAP block in children need experience and ultrasound. The investigators decided to do surgical TAP block performing by inject from peritoneum point to skin instead. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child

• NCT number: NCT01548027
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Mahidol University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2012
• Completion date: July 2014