ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2023
Analgesic efficacy of an ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block with bupivacaine in cats: a randomised, prospective, masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
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- Pharmacokinetics of bupivacaine after bilateral maxillary and caudal inferior alveolar nerve blocks using two injection volumes in adult cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Evaluation of local anesthetic blockade in cats undergoing castration in a high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter setting: a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in obese cats: a preliminary cadaveric study.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Intraoperative Effect of a Bilateral Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block in Cats Undergoing Ovariectomy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- A Novel Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Plexus Block: A Cadaveric Canine Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Use of a quadratus lumborum block in queens undergoing ovariectomy: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Video-based compilation of acute pain behaviours in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Description and Evaluation of Dye and Contrast Media Distribution of Ultrasound-Guided Rectus Sheath Block in Cat Cadavers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Comparison between Bilateral Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block and Sacrococcygeal Epidural in Cats Undergoing Ovariectomy.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Modified Ultrasound-Guided Dorsal Quadratus Lumborum Block in Cat Cadavers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis randomised, prospective, masked clinical trial evaluated the postoperative analgesic efficacy of an ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB) with bupivacaine in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.
methodsThirty-two healthy adult female cats undergoing elective ovariohysterectomy were randomised to undergo TAPB with bupivacaine (treatment group [TG], n = 16) vs placebo (control group [CG], n = 16) in addition to preoperative analgesia with buprenorphine (0.02 mg/kg IM). All patients received a general anaesthetic and, before surgical incision, a bilateral two-point (subcostal and lateral-longitudinal) TAPB was performed using 1 ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (0.25 ml/kg/point) or saline. Each cat was assessed by a blinded investigator before premedication (0 h) and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10 and 24 h postoperatively using the UNESP-Botucatu Feline Pain Scale - short form. Buprenorphine (0.02 mg/kg IV) and meloxicam (0.2 mg/kg SC) were administered when pain scores were ⩾4/12. Ten hours postoperatively, meloxicam was administered to cats that did not receive rescue analgesia. Statistical analysis included Student's
resultsOf the 32 cats enrolled, three in the CG were excluded from the analysis. The prevalence of rescue analgesia was significantly higher in the CG (n = 13/13) than in the TG (n = 3/16; CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: A bilateral ultrasound-guided two-point TAPB with bupivacaine in combination with systemic buprenorphine provided superior postoperative analgesia than buprenorphine alone in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.
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