Conditions: Pain
Keywords: Transversis Abdominis Plane Block obese robotic surgery laparoscopic surgery
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 35
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
Study the effect of the Transversis Abdominis Plane (TAP) block on pain after surgery for obese women undergoing laparoscopic or robotic gynecologic procedures.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Patients will receive Ropivicaine 0.5% 20cc injectate from a study labeled syringe arm 2: Patients will receive Normal saline 20cc injectate from a study labeled syringe

Interventions: intervention 1: Ropivacaine 0.5% 20cc injectate bilaterally intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: