Modified Thoracoabdominal Nerve Block(M-TAPA) in Pediatric Laparoscopic Appendectomies

Gulhane Training and Research Hospital52 enrolled

Overview

To compare the effect of M-TAPA block and port-site local anesthetic infiltration on postoperative pain in pediatric laparoscopic appendectomies. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is M-TAPA block more effective in reducing pain? * How M-TAPA block affects the use of rescue analgesics in the postoperative period? Participants will have the same anaesthetic agents during surgery, before extubation they will have same analgesic agent for postoperative pain. Participants in the M-TAPA group will undergo USG-guided M-TAPA block bilaterally with % 0.025 Bupivacaine max dose of 2 mg/kg by the same experienced anesthesiologist before extubation. Participants in the LAI group will be administered 0.025% Bupivacaine at a maximum dose of 2mg/kg divided equally and administered by the surgeon at 3 port entry sites before the patient is extubated.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Post Operative Pain Laparoscopic Surgery Pediatrics Regional Anesthesia

Interventions

M-TAPA BlockPROCEDURE

M-TAPA Block; The block will be done by the same experienced anesthesiologist by using ultrasound(USG) after the surgical intervention is completed.The external oblique, internal oblique, and transversus abdominis muscles were shown on the costochondral angle in the sagittal plane at the 10th costal margin by using a high-frequency linear probe. Bilaterally in the midclavicular line at the level of the 10th rib (arcus costarum),0,5 ml/kg 0.25% Bupivacaine (maximum dose 2mg/kg) was administered to between the upper fascia of the transversus abdominis muscle and the lower fascia of the costochondral tissue.

Local anesthetic infltration to port sitesPROCEDURE

Local anesthetic infiltration to port sites; The surgeon infiltrated 0.5 ml/kg of 0.25% Bupivacaine (maximum dose of 2mg/kg) in the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscle fascia at each of the three laparoscopic port areas at the end of the surgery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with American society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II, * Patients which will undergo Laparoscopic appendectomy due to the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, * Patients whose parents or legal heirs have consented to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) III-IV status, * Patients whose parents or legal heirs' disapproval, * Patients inability to cooperate, * Patients who have allergy to any of the medications used in the study, * Patients with perforated appendix * When the Laparoscopic surgery returns to open shape

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Total number of rescue analgesic applications

During the first 24 hours postoperatively, patients' pain will be monitored by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scoring. Paracetamol will be given intravenously at a dose of 10mg/kg if the VAS is greater than 4 in pain assessment in the postoperative period. We will record the number of times the patient received rescue analgesics over a 24-hour period.

Time frame: Postoperative first 24 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Comparison of pain between 2 groups in the postoperative period

The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores were recorded postoperatively at 0 (PACU), 1, 4, 6, 12, and 24 h. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale vertical or horizontal from a 10 cm long line drawn as is formed. At the two ends of this line are the two end descriptor word (0 = "no pain at all", 10 = worst/unbearable pain").The patient is asked to place a mark in the appropriate place for the intensity of the pain.