Comparison of the postoperative analgesic effect of transversus abdominis plan block and quadratus lumborum block: A prospective randomized study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

In this study, we aimed to compare the transversus abdominis plan block (TAP) and quadratus lumborum block (QL) efficacy for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing varicocelectomy under spinal anesthesia.

Methods

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1 and 2 patients, aged 18-45 years, who underwent varicocelectomy operation under elective conditions, were included. Eighty patients were divided into three groups as TAP group, QL group, and control group by prospective randomization. The patients were operated under spinal anesthesia. At the end of the operation, TAP was applied to the TAP group with a posterior approach using ultrasound (USG) in the supine position. To the QL group, the patient was placed in the lateral decubitus position an

SUBMITTER: Oncu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358534 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature