EFFICACY OF PRE-EMPTIVE ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK WITH DEXAMETHASONE ADDED TO BUPIVACAINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERIES

Background:Laparoscopic surgeries are commonly performed surgical procedures in day-to-day practice. These patients require a multimodal postoperative pain treatment regimen that provides high-quality analgesia with minimal side effects. TAP block is a regional anaesthetic technique that has been applied as one segment of a multimodal pain regimen in abdominal surgeries. Addition of dexamethasone as adjuvant to bupivacaine in TAP block provides prolonged post-operative analgesia and better pain control than LA alone. Also reduces the incidence of PONV.