Living donor organ transplantation has increased in recent years due to an increased need for organs. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a TAP block on postoperative analgesia and opioid consumption in liver transplantation donors in whom a right lateral extending upper mid-line abdominal incision was used.
This prospective randomized controlled double-blinded study was conducted with 50 liver transplantation donors between 18-65 years who were scheduled to undergo right hepatectomy surgery. Cases to whom TAP block with ultrasound was applied after standard general anesthesia were determined as Group 1 and cases to whom only standard general anesthesia was applied, were determined as Group 2.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
Cases to whom used bupivacaine with ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block was applied after standard general anesthesia were determined as Group 1
Cases to whom applied alone standard general anesthesia were determined as Group 2
pain scores (at movement and at rest)
Pain scores were assessed using a visual analog scale (0: No pain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: Excruciating pain).
Time frame: postoperatively at 24 hours
morphine consumption
morphine consumption were measured in postoperatively 24 hours
Time frame: postoperatively at 24 hours
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