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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Aniskevich S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4012349 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Local and regional anesthesia 20140525
Postoperative pain is a common complaint following living kidney donation or tumor resection using the laparoscopic hand-assisted technique. To evaluate the potential analgesic benefit of transversus abdominis plane blocks, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 21 patients scheduled to undergo elective living-donor nephrectomy or single-sided nephrectomy for tumor. Patients were randomized to receive either 20 mL of 0.5% ropivacaine or 20 mL of 0.9% saline bilatera ...[more]