Conditions: Pain, Postoperative Anesthesia
Keywords: recovery postoperative pain laparoscopy hysterectomy ropivacaine TAP block local anesthesia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 56
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The Transversus Abdominal Plane (TAP) block has been used with good success to decrease postoperative pain following laparatomy. If the TAP block provides any improvement in the quality of recovery following laparoscopic hysterectomy, it could decrease the need for postoperative narcotics and allow for more outpatient hysterectomy procedures.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 20mL of 0.25% Ropivacaine with Epinephrine 1:200,000 is injected into bilateral transversus abdominal planes under ultrasound guidance. arm 2: Patients randomized to this arm have band aids applied to sites on lateral abdomen without injection.

Interventions: intervention 1: TAP Block
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Bilateral transversus abdominal plane injection under ultrasound guidance, done at conclusion of hysterectomy procedure, prior to emergence from general anesthesia

Protocol document: