# TAP Block for Laparoscopic Appendicectomy in Adults

> **NCT03252561** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust**

## Conditions studied

- Acute Appendicitis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Ultrasound guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) bock
- **PROCEDURE:** Local anaesthetic infiltration of laparoscopic port sites

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03252561
- **Lead sponsor:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2014-08
- **Primary completion:** 2014-08
- **Final completion:** 2014-08
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study no longer feasible
- **Last updated:** 2020-06-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03252561

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03252561, "TAP Block for Laparoscopic Appendicectomy in Adults". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03252561. Licensed CC0.

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