Response to Hamid et al., 'The role of laparoscopic-guided transversus abdominis plane block in laparoscopic colorectal surgery'

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital of Limoges, Limoges, France.
² Service of Visceral Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Comment

N Christou et al. Colorectal Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;21(5):605-606.

doi: 10.1111/codi.14609. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

¹ University Hospital of Limoges, Limoges, France.
² Service of Visceral Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: TAP block; colorectal surgery; laparoscopic-assisted; postoperative pain; response to letter correspondence.

Comment on

No benefit of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane blocks over wound infiltration with local anaesthetic in elective laparoscopic colonic surgery: results of a double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Rashid A, Gorissen KJ, Ris F, Gosselink MP, Shorthouse JR, Smith AD, Pandit JJ, Lindsey I, Crabtree NA. Rashid A, et al. Colorectal Dis. 2017 Jul;19(7):681-689. doi: 10.1111/codi.13578. Colorectal Dis. 2017. PMID: 27943522 Clinical Trial.
The role of laparoscopic-guided transversus abdominis plane block in laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Hamid HKS, Ahmed AY. Hamid HKS, et al. Colorectal Dis. 2019 May;21(5):604-605. doi: 10.1111/codi.14610. Epub 2019 Apr 3. Colorectal Dis. 2019. PMID: 30873732 No abstract available.