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ArticleCureus2024

Postoperative Analgesia With Modified Thoracoabdominal Nerve Block Through Perichondrial Approach in Neonatal and Infantile Abdominal Surgery.

Hirofumi Nakahari, Tomoyo Takahashi, Hayato Miki, Akihiko Yamaguchi

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hirofumi NakahariAnesthesiology, St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Tomoyo TakahashiAnesthesiology, St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Hayato MikiAnesthesiology, St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Akihiko YamaguchiAnesthesiology, St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modified thoracoabdominal nerve block through the perichondrial approach (M-TAPA) is a novel strategy for peripheral nerve block in the abdomen. Its usefulness has been highlighted in adults, but no literature is currently available regarding its efficacy in infants. This report describes the cases of a one-day-old neonate in open abdominal surgery and a one-month-old infant in laparoscopic surgery who received M-TAPA. The postoperative condition of the infants was assessed through a neonate pain scale and the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability behavioral scale, respectively; both scales remained at 0 until discharge. Despite the need for special attention, M-TAPA may provide effective analgesia in neonatal and infant abdominal surgery in addition to adult cases, and its indications should be considered.

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analgesiainfantslocal anestheticneonatespediatric pharmacologypediatric regional anesthesiaultrasound-guided regional anesthesiaupper abdominal surgery

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PMID39184584
PMCPMC11341348

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