TITLE:
Effect of Transverse Abdominis Plane Block on Chronic Post-Operative Pain—A Review
AUTHORS:
Darwin Lamichhane, Xuelin Yang, Zhengliang Ma
KEYWORDS:
Chronic Post-Operative Pain, Transverse Abdominis Plane Block, Regional Anesthesia, Multimodal Analgesia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.7 No.2,
February
27,
2017
ABSTRACT: Chronic
post-operative pain is a recognized adverse consequence of surgery; managing
and preventing it are always a better choice. Proper choice of Anesthetic technique, use of
combined anesthesia and pre-emptive analgesia may prevent and decrease the
incidence of chronic post-operative pain. Transverse abdominis plane block (TAP Block) is a regional anesthesia technique
following abdominal surgeries which involve injection of a large amount of local anesthetics in TAP, an
anatomical space between the internal oblique and transverse abdominis muscle.
The aim of this review is to show the effect and uses of TAP block as a
combined anesthesia and multimodal analgesia in preventing chronic post-operative pain.