The analgesic efficacy of subcostal transversus abdominis plane block with Mercedes incision

Abstract Background Conventional perioperative analgesic modalities (e.g. opioids, epidural analgesia) have their own drawbacks, which limit their clinical application. This study investigated the opioid-sparing effectsof the oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane (OSTAP) blockade with ropiva...

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Main Authors: Jian-guo Guo, Hui-ling Li, Qing-qing Pei, Zhi-ying Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-018-0499-3