The Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis.

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Previous meta-analyses of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block have examined a maximum of 12 articles, including fewer than 650 participants, and have not examined the effect of ultrasound-guided techniques specifically. Recently, many trials that use ultrasound approaches to TAP block have been published, which report conflicting analgesic results. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided TAP blocks exclusively for all types of abdominal surgeries in adult patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Anesth. Analg.

Title: Anesthesia and analgesia

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1526-7598

ISSN (Print): 0003-2999

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2015

Volume: 121

Issue: 6

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[1 ] From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and †Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000967

PubMed ID: 26397443

SO-VID: a7821727-605b-45ba-911b-631a5538bec8

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