Key result
Adding transversus abdominis plane blocks to an enhanced recovery protocol provided marginal but beneficial improvements in perioperative outcomes such as opioid consumption.
Why the study?
Does adding transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks to an enhanced recovery protocol reduce opioid consumption in surgical patients?
Does adding transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks to an enhanced recovery protocol reduce opioid consumption in surgical patients?
This editorial discusses a study on the marginal gains of adding TAP blocks to enhanced recovery protocols for reducing perioperative opioid consumption.
In Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine , McCarthy and colleagues share the results of their retrospective cohort study evaluating the effects of implementing additional transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks to a robust enhanced recovery protocol on opioid consumption and other perioperative
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Leng et al. (2020) studied this question. Adding transversus abdominis plane blocks to an enhanced recovery protocol provided marginal but beneficial improvements in perioperative outcomes such as opioid consumption.
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