Anesthesia and Analgesia: Postoperative AnalgesiaTransversus Abdominis Plane Block Versus Local Anesthetic Wound Infiltration for Analgesia After Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis With Trial Sequential AnalysisGrape, S.; Kirkham, K.R.; Albrecht, E. Author Information Department of Anaesthesia, Valais Hospital, Sion; University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 43(1):p 46, March 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000912400.44823.df Buy Metrics Abstract (Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022;39:244–251) Cesarean delivery (CD) rates have been increasing, and regional anesthesia has been shown to mitigate negative postoperative maternal outcomes. When intrathecal opioid is absent, experts suggest fascial plane blocks, such as a transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block, or local anesthetic wound infiltration for analgesia following CD. This study aims to review TAP block and wound infiltration analgesic techniques and outcomes to determine which is better for CD. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
