• J Clin Anesth · Jun 2016

    Transversus abdominis plane block as the primary anesthetic for peritoneal dialysis catheter surgery.

    • Daryl S Henshaw, Matthew L Baker, Robert S Weller, Jon Wellington Reynolds, and Jonathan Douglas Jaffe.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1009, United States. Electronic address: dhenshaw@wakehealth.edu.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2016 Jun 1; 31: 182-8.

    Study ObjectiveThe primary goal of this study was to determine whether transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks were effective as the primary anesthetic technique for insertion and/or removal of peritoneal dialysis catheters.DesignThis study is a descriptive case series investigation.SettingOperating rooms at a tertiary care academic medical center.PatientsTwenty-four patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 3 and 4, were included in this study.InterventionsPatients who had received a TAP block preoperatively for open surgical insertion or removal of a peritoneal dialysis catheter over a 26-month period with the intent of the block to serve as the primary anesthetic were included in this study.MeasurementsPreoperative and intraoperative sedative medications and local anesthetic medications were analyzed. The primary outcome of the study was the ability of the TAP block to provide surgical anesthesia as determined by a lack of need to convert to general anesthesia (defined by placement of an airway device, use of volatile anesthetics, intraoperative propofol infusion dose equal to or greater than 100 μg kg(-1) min(-1)). Secondary outcomes included analysis of any complications from the higher concentrations of local anesthetics required for surgical block.Mani ResultsOf 24 patients, 21 underwent the procedure without conversion to general anesthesia as defined above. No complications related to local anesthetics were found.ConclusionTransversus abdominis plane blockade can be successful at serving as the primary anesthetic modality for the insertion and/or removal of a peritoneal dialysis catheter by open-surgical approach. There were no systemic toxic effects or other complications recorded.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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