# TAP Block for Gynaecological Laparotomies - a Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Block and Blind Technique

> **NCT00972920** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northern Health and Social Care Trust** · enrollment: 120 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Laparotomy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00972920
- **Lead sponsor:** Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-08
- **Primary completion:** 2012-05
- **Final completion:** 2012-06
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2015-10-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00972920

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00972920, "TAP Block for Gynaecological Laparotomies - a Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Block and Blind Technique". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00972920. Licensed CC0.

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