# Comparison of a Bilateral TAP Block and Preperitoneal Instillation of Local Anesthetic for a Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repair

> **NCT02036983** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Indiana University** · enrollment: 75 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transversus abdominis plane block (TAP BLOCK)
- **PROCEDURE:** Instillation of surgical site with local anesthetic.
- **PROCEDURE:** Opioid IV medications (Control)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02036983
- **Lead sponsor:** Indiana University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-11
- **Primary completion:** 2015-08
- **Final completion:** 2015-08
- **Target enrollment:** 75 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-06-06

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02036983

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02036983, "Comparison of a Bilateral TAP Block and Preperitoneal Instillation of Local Anesthetic for a Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repair". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02036983. Licensed CC0.

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