Conditions: Bariatric Surgery Transverse Abdominal Plane Regional Blocks
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 23
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Addition of transverse abdominis plane (TAP) block to general anesthesia for morbidly obese patients (BMI \>35) undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery for weight loss will significantly reduce opioid use in the recovery room

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: This group will receive general anesthesia and at the end of the operation, but still in the operating room, a single shot TAP block with 0.5% ropivacaine 15-20 ml / side under ultrasound guided technique with blunt tipped, 21 gauge needle. arm 2: General anesthesia

Interventions: intervention 1: Transverse abdominal plane block intervention 2: Ropivacaine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Regional anesthesia team will perform a single shot TAP block with 0.5% ropivacaine 15-20 ml / side under ultrasound guided technique with blunt tipped, 21 gauge needle. intervention 2: Regional anesthesia team will perform a single shot TAP block with 0.5% ropivacaine 15-20 ml / side under ultrasound guided technique with blunt tipped, 21 gauge needle.

Protocol document: