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Medial Versus Traditional Approach to US-guided TAP Blocks for Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT01589796 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2012-05-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain relief after open inguinal hernia repair could be improved by administration of TAP block or ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block. It is unclear which one works better. The investigators hypothesize that doing TAP block closer to the middle of the abdomen would result in improved pain relief due to simultaneous block of ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerves.

Conditions

  • Abdominal Muscles/Ultrasonography
  • Adult
  • Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
  • Anesthetics, Local/Administration & Dosage
  • Ropivacaine/Administration & Dosage
  • Ropivacaine/Analogs & Derivatives
  • Hernia, Inguinal/Surgery
  • Humans
  • Nerve Block/Methods
  • Pain Measurement/Methods
  • Pain, Postoperative/Prevention & Control
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional

Interventions

PROCEDURE

TAP block

injection of 20ml of Ropivacaine 0.5% in the proper place once it is identified

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • I-Flow

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Stamford Anesthesiology Services, PC

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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