TAP blocks in Anaesthesia for RALP

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING THE ANALGESIC EFFICACY OF TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK (TAP) WITH LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INFILTRATION (LAI) IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED LAPARASCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY

• IRAS ID

  160339

• Contact name

  Gustav Strandvik

• Contact email

  gstrandvik@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 11 months, 28 days

• Research summary

  Surgery for prostate cancer can now be performed with the assistance of a robot, using a keyhole approach. Our study is designed to find out what the best means of providing pain relief is after such operations. It will compare the more traditional technique of injecting local anaesthetic into the keyhole sites, with a technique involving placing local anaesthetic on both sides of the abdomen, at a point just above where the nerves enter the abdomen.

• REC name

  South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/SC/1375

• Date of REC Opinion

  17 Dec 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion