Reducing Opioid Dependence and Improving Patient Experience for Living Kidney Donors with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block
Do V, Cohen E, Haakinson D, Deshpande R, Batra R. Reducing Opioid Dependence and Improving Patient Experience for Living Kidney Donors with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block. Transplantology 2021, 2: 57-63. DOI: 10.3390/transplantology2010006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaparoscopic living-donor nephrectomyPatient-controlled analgesiaHydromorphone patient-controlled analgesiaPost-operative opioid useDays of dischargeTransversus abdominis planeTAP blockLiposomal bupivacaineOpioid useControl groupPain scoresPain managementOpioid dependenceKidney donorsStudy groupPost-operative pain scoresSingle-center retrospective studyTransversus abdominis plane blockComparable pain scoresLiving Donor NephrectomyPostoperative hospital lengthPreoperative TAP blockPatients 18 yearsPostoperative opioid usePerioperative pain management