"Feasibility and Postoperative Analgesia of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Patients Undergoing Total Abdominal Hysterectomy"

Abstract

Patients and MethodsAfter approval by the National Ethical Committee and obtaining a signed informed consent from participants, we carried out a prospective simple-blinded randomised study at the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit of the Yaoundé Central Hospital from January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015. We enrolled ASA I and II patients who were to undergo total abdominal hysterectomy for uterine fibroids and who could understand the visual analogue scale (VAS). We excluded patients with obesity (body mass index >30kg/m2), cardiovascular diseases, neuropsychiatric pathologies and those on longterm analgesics. Other exclusion criteria were the inability to comprehend the VAS, known allergy or a contra-indication to any