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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 103(4):468-470; doi:10.1093/bja/aep243
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournal.org

Transversus abdominis plane block: what is its role in postoperative analgesia?

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Over the past 3 yr, a series of studies have highlighted the value of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block, after the initial description of the technique by Rafi.1 The technique involves injection of local anaesthetic solution into a plane between internal oblique (IO) and transversus abdominis (TA) muscles. This plane contains the thoracolumbar nerves originating from T6 to L1 spinal roots which supply sensation to the anterolateral abdominal wall. These multiple mixed segmental nerves branch and communicate as they run through the lateral abdominal wall between IO and TA muscles, within the TA fascial plane.2

The TAP block is performed usually . . . [Full Text of this Article]

F. Bonnet1,*, J. Berger1 and C. Aveline2

1 Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine
Tenon Hospital
Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
Université Pierre and Marie Curie
4 rue de la Chine
75020 Paris
France
2 Polyclinique Sévigné
Cesson-Sévigné
France

* E-mail: francis.bonnet@tnn.aphp.fr


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