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TAP Block Versus Local Anesthesia Wound Infiltration for Postoperative Pain Relief After Appendicectomy in Children

NCT04969133 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2025-04-23

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Summary

When performing laparoscopic appendectomy in children, regional anesthetic techniques are rou-tinely used concomitantly with general anesthesia. These techniques include local infiltration of the trocar wounds or transverse abdominal plane block (TAP block). In 2018, a position paper of the European Society of Pediatric Anaesthesiology advised for TAP block over local infiltration of the trocar wounds. However, there is no randomized study comparing both techniques in children. The aim of this study is to compare morphine consumption during the first 24 postoperative hours in children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy and randomly allocated to either local infiltration of the trocar wounds or TAP block.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis Acute
  • Pediatrics
  • Analgesia

Interventions

DRUG

Levobupivacaine Hydrochloride 2.5 MG/ML

To compare TAP block versus local infiltration of the trocar wounds with levobupivacaine 2.5 mg/ml for post operative pain relief after laparoscopic appendicectomy in children

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-30
Primary Completion
2024-01-31
Completion
2024-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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