"The Efficiency of Laparoscopic-assisted Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Post-laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Pain

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that causes moderate pain in the early postoperative period. In this prospective randomized study, the efficacy of four-quadrant and two-quadrant laparoscopic-assisted transversus abdominis plane (LTAP) block on postoperative pain will be compared with that of only intravenous analgesia (SA) and port-site infiltration of local anesthetic (LA). Patients undergoing elective LC will be divided into four groups of 40 patients each using a randomization scale. The standard analgesia group will receive LTAP block with normal saline (NS) and port-site infiltration of NS, the LA group will receive LTAP block with NS and port-site infiltration of bupivacaine, while the four and two quadrant LTAP group will receive the block with bupivacaine and port-site infiltration of NS. Postoperative analgesia will be administered to all groups as a standard procedure. The patients\' demographic data, postoperative 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24-hour visual analog pain (VAS) scores at rest and on cough, opioid requirement, presence of nausea and vomiting, and satisfaction scores will record in a standard form. The statistical analysis will be carried out using the SPSS software and the level of significance was set at p\<0.05.