Evolution of the transversus abdominis plane block and its role in postoperative analgesia

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  Lissauer, Jonathan ^a   Mancuso, Kenneth ^a   Merritt, Christopher ^a   Prabhakar, Amit ^a   Kaye, Alan David ^a   Urman, Richard D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal field block; landmark triangle of Petit block; lateral TAP block; oblique subcostal TAP block; posterior TAP block; regional anesthesia; transmuscular quadratus lomborum block; transversus abdominis plane block (TAP block)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCISION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ULTRASOUND; VISCERAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALGESIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 84903740214     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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