%0 Journal Article
%T Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane Block as a Sole Anaesthetic Technique in Emergency Surgery for Huge Irreducible Incisional Hernia in a High Risk Patient
%A Raj Kumar Singh
%A Surjya Prasad Upadhyay
%A Thiruchengode Angamuthu Senthilnathan
%A Piyush N Mallick
%J Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
%D 2012
%I 
%X A 46-year old male, a known case of IHD, hypertension with dilated cardiomyopathy, post CABG and double valves replacement, peripheral vascular disease with past history of failed aorto-femoral bypass, DM with nephropathy and neuropathy, Budd Chiari syndrome with significant ascites, bed ridden with multiple bed sores was admitted for huge irreducible obstructed incisional hernia. The surgery - abdominal double layer repair was successfully conducted under Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block.
%K ultrasound
%K TAP Block
%K Incisional hernia
%K anaesthetic technique
%K high risk patients
%U http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/Bilateral-TAP-Block-Anaesthesia-Emergency-Surgery.pdf