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Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block and quadratus lumborum block after a cesarean section under general anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial

TAP vs QLB for post-cesarean analgesia

Original Research doi:10.4328/ACAM.22795 Published: 01.10.2025 Ann Clin Anal Med 2025;16(10):725-729

Authors

1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Affiliations

1Department of Midewifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul Esenyurt University, İstanbul, Türkiye.

2Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye.

3Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Siverek Government Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye.

4Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kahramanmaraş Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.

5Clinic of Gynecologic Oncology, Gaziantep City Hospital, Gaziantep, Türkiye.

Corresponding Author

Elif Ucar

eliflyy@hotmail.com

+90 212 444 91 23

Declarations

Ethics Declarations

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Esenyurt University (Date: 2025-05-14, No: 2025/04-52)

Animal and Human Rights Statement

All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before enrollment in the study.

Data Availability

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to patient privacy reasons but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding

None.

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Tables

Table 1. Demographic data

Table 1. Demographic data

Table 2. Mean arterial pressure and pulse rate

Table 2. Mean arterial pressure and pulse rate

Table 3. Time to analgesia, analgesic use in 24 hours, patient satisfaction, and VAS score

Table 3. Time to analgesia, analgesic use in 24 hours, patient satisfaction, and VAS score

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How to Cite This Article

Melih Bestel, Elif Ucar, Abdulhakim Şengel, Nesrin Burcu Kaya, Güven Arslan, Erkan Şimşek. Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block and quadratus lumborum block after a cesarean section under general anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial. Ann Clin Anal Med 2025;16(10):725-729. doi:10.4328/ACAM.22795

Publication History

Received:
02.07.2025
Accepted:
08.09.2025
Published Online:
16.09.2025
Printed:
01.10.2025