A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2366-2372

  Walter, Catherine J ^a   Maxwell Armstrong, Charles ^a   Pinkney, Thomas D ^a   Conaghan, Philip J ^b   Bedforth, Nigel ^a   Gornall, Christopher B ^a   Acheson, Austin G ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery; Randomised controlled trial; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

EID: 84884910135     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2791-0     Document Type: Article

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