• Local Reg Anesth · Jan 2019

    Review

    Anesthetic techniques: focus on transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks.

    • Deepanshu Mallan, Sandeep Sharan, Sumi Saxena, Tapas Kumar Singh, and FaisalDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India..
    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Saraswati Medical College, Lucknow, India.
    • Local Reg Anesth. 2019 Jan 1; 12: 81-88.

    AbstractTransverse abdominis plane (TAP) blocks, over the past decade, have emerged as a reliable tool in multimodal analgesia. Although they block only the somatic component of pain, studies have still revealed a consistent benefit in the first 24-48 hours after surgery in terms of pain scores and overall opioid consumption. The safety and dependability has increased with ultrasound usage. The aim of this review is to help the reader appreciate the applied anatomy required for a TAP block and its congeners, to standardize its nomenclature, and to help choose between variants of a TAP block and its complications and safety profile.© 2019 Mallan et al.

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