Clinical trial NCT01075087: The Effect of Pre-Operative Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in the Post Operative Opioid Consumption in Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Prospective,Randomized, Blinded Study
Official title: TAP) Block in Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Prospective,Randomized, Blinded Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pain
Obesity
Surgery
Keywords: TAP Block
Pain
Obesity
Surgery
Laparoscopic Banding
Lead sponsor: Northwestern University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-02-24
Enrollment: 19
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The use of preoperative TAP block in laparoscopic bariatric surgery can improve the postoperative pain and quality of recovery in patients undergoing these procedures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age: 18-65 years
* BMI \>35 Kg/m2
* Surgery: laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
* ASA status: I, II and III
* Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of allergy to local anesthetics
* Chronic opioid use
* Pregnant patients
* Patients who remained intubated after surgery

Drop-out criteria:

Patient or surgeon request Complications related to the procedure or conversion to open route Patient requiring mechanical ventilation after surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of Recovery 40 Score
timeFrame: 24 hours post operatively
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 24 Hour Total Opioid Consumption.
timeFrame: 24 hours
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: Northwestern University
name: Gildasio DeOliveira, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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