ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Effects of transversus abdominis plane blocks after hysterectomy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks for prevention of postoperative pain in women undergoing laparoscopic and robotic gynaecological surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Addition of preoperative transversus abdominis plane block to multimodal analgesia in open gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- A Comparison of effect of preemptive versus postoperative use of ultrasound-guided bilateral transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Comparison of transversus abdominis plane blocks with liposomal bupivacaine versus ropivacaine in open total abdominal hysterectomy.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2022Article
- The Use of Peripheral Nerve Blockade in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery: Is There a Benefit?Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Adding Midazolam to Bupivacaine for Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Postoperative Analgesia after Hysterectomy: A Randomized Controlled Study.Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
- The analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block vs. local anesthetic infiltration technique in major gynecologic surgery: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTransversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can provide effective analgesia for abdominal surgery. However, many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown controversial results in hysterectomy. We conducted a meta-analysis of RCTs to investigate the effectiveness of TAP block after hysterectomy.
methodsStudies were gathered from PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases up to March 2018. RCTs involving TAP blocks in women undergoing hysterectomy were selected. The primary outcome of mean 24 hours morphine consumption and other outcomes, such as time to first request for analgesic, rest, and pain scores on movement at different times, and rates of nausea and vomiting, were compared between TAP block and no or sham block groups.
resultsA total of 841 participants were included in the 13 selected RCTs. Compared with no or sham blocks, TAP block reduced mean 24-hour morphine consumption in abdominal hysterectomy (AH) (weighted mean difference [WMD] -10.77 mg,
conclusionTAP block is an effective analgesic for AH. TAP block can reduce postoperative morphine consumption in AH and pain scores at rest and on movement for AH without increasing side effects. However, TAP block has limited analgesic effects for women undergoing LH/RH, as it does not reduce postoperative morphine consumption and pain scores at rest and on movement.
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