Laparoscopic-Assisted Transversus Abdominis Plane Block is Superior to Port Site Infiltration in Reducing Post-Operative Opioid Use in Laparoscopic Surgery.
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| Abstract | :  The ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can be time-consuming, costly, and technically challenging in the bariatric patient population. Laparoscopic-assisted TAP (L-TAP) block was developed and has been shown to be non-inferior to ultrasound-guided blocks. Postoperative pain can be significant, and pain control in the morbidly obese patients can be challenging. This study's aim was to compare L-TAP block to traditional port site infiltration in terms of postoperative opioid requirement for morbidly obese patients after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2022 | 
| Journal | :  The American surgeon | 
| Number of Pages | :  31348221087923 | 
| Date Published | :  2022 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0003-1348 | 
| URL | :  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031348221087923?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed | 
| DOI | :  10.1177/00031348221087923 | 
| Short Title | :  Am Surg | 
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