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ReviewLocal and regional anesthesia2019

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

Deepanshu Mallan, Sandeep Sharan, Sumi Saxena, Tapas Kumar Singh, Faisal

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Review in Local and regional anesthesia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Deepanshu MallanDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Saraswati Medical College, Lucknow, India.
Sandeep SharanDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sumi SaxenaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, TSM Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Tapas Kumar SinghDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
FaisalDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transverse 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.

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regional anesthesiatap blocktruncal blockultrasound

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PMID31564966
PMCPMC6734547

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