NCT02460640

The Effects of TAP Block on Postsurgical Pain After Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy:

The Effects of Ultrasound-guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Acute and Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Robotic Partial Nephrectomy. A Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: Regina Elena Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Single-center study in order to assess whether the tap block can make extremely beneficial in terms of reducing the acute and chronic pain as well as for use of opioids and side effects related to it in patients undergoing surgery to minimally invasive partial nephrectomy.

Conditions

• Acute Pain
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Tap block	intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine and tap block with subcostal and posterior approach with ropivacaine 0,5% 15ml+15ml
PROCEDURE	intravenous Patient controlled analgesia	intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine
DRUG	Morphine
DRUG	Ropivacaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2015-06-02
• Last updated: 2018-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy