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Open TAP-block in Pediatric Abdominal Surgery

No phase Interventional Pain Management After Surgery

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: TAP-block, Wound catheter.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Pain Management After Surgery. Basic parameters: 1 year — 15 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Sweden
Next step
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Official title

TAP-blockad Vid öppen Bukkirurgi Hos Barn

Overview

The goal of this trial is to evaluate an open TAP-block vs continuous administration of local anestetic via a wound catheter for postoperative pain management in patients 1-15 years of age undergoing open abdominal surgery.

Interventions

  • Procedure TAP-block
    Open TAP(transverse abdominal plane)-block placed by the surgeon using open technique at end of surgery before wound closure
  • Procedure Wound catheter
    A catheter placed subcutainiousley for the continuous administration of local anestethic in the wound for up to 3 days post-op

Primary outcome measures

  • Postoperative opiates [Time frame: during the first 24 hours following surgery and total opioids until discarge up to 14 days postoperative]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
  • Lenght of stay [Time frame: Days from surgery through study completeion, an average expected time of7 days]
  • Pain assessment [Time frame: End of surgery until 24 hours post-op]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 1-15 years
  • Scheduled for elective or acute open adominal surgical procedure

Exclusion criteria

  • chronic abdominal pain
  • known allergy to local analgetic
  • Stage 4 renal failure
  • psychiatric ailnment

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Sweden · 1 center
  • Akademiska sjukhuset — Uppsala

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07352683 · NOR001

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗