Ivan Urits, Peter S Ostling, Matthew B Novitch, James C Burns, Karina Charipova, Kyle L Gress, Rachel J Kaye, Matthew R Eng, Elyse M Cornett, Alan David Kaye
Regional anesthetic techniques are important components of successful multimodal analgesic strategies. When used successfully, truncal nerve blocks of the chest wall, abdomen, and, paraneuraxial nerves, in combination with other analgesic modalities, may offer similar analgesic efficacy as neuraxial techniques, which are associated with a greater risk profile. Moreover, in comparison to neuraxial techniques, truncal nerve blocks are relatively simple to perform and technically straightforward to learn. The transversus abdominus plane (TAP) block is often incorporated into the multimodal analgesia regimen for surgical patients undergoing various abdominal and gynecological procedures...
December 2019: Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anaesthesiology