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Hernia surgery is widespread and causes acute and chronic postoperative pain. In this study, we prospectively compare the iliohypogastric/ilioinguinal block (II/IH block) to blind transversus abdominis plane blocks (TAP block) to prevent acute and chronic postoperative pain after hernia repair. In this prospective and randomized study, the patients were randomized into two groups: 50 with II/IH block and 50 with TAP block. The assessment of analgesia was initiated from awakening at H1 until 48 hours after surgery, at 3 months, and then at 6 months. The analysis of pain scores found the effectiveness of II/IH block in postoperative analgesia compared to the TAP bloc at rest and during cough effort during the first 18 hours (p<0.05); Cumulative opioid consumption was also significantly lower in the first group (p=0.007). The comparison between the TAP block and II/IH block demonstrated the superiority of the last one in preventing low acute and chronic postoperative.
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Ayoub Maaroufi. Analgesic Efficacy of TAP Block vs Iliohypogastric/Ilioinguinal Nerve Block After Inguinal Hernia Surgery: Experience from the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department of Meknes Military Hospital—Prospective Study of 100 Cases. International Journal of Medicine Frontiers, 2023, 6(2), 56-61.
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