Single-Shot Regional Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Alessandro De CassaiGreta PaganiniTommaso PettenuzzoFrancesco ZarantonelloAnnalisa BoscoloSerkan TulgarMichele CarronMarina MunariPaolo Navalesi

Published in: Obesity surgery (2023)

TAP block is superior to other regional anesthesia techniques in reducing opioid consumption, pain, PONV, and use of rescue analgesics in bariatric surgery. However, further research is needed.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
chronic pain
pain management
weight loss
obese patients
neuropathic pain
postoperative pain
spinal cord
spinal cord injury