SPRATS
Survey of Post-operative Regional Anaesthetic Techniques for major abdominal Surgery
Objective
To quantify the use of perioperative regional anaesthetic techniques used for the management of abdominal and pelvic post surgical pain.
Protocol
A 1 day pilot to optimise the data collection protocol was completed in February 2013.
A 2 week period of data collection was completed in April 2013 across all six Trusts in the southwest region.
Inclusion criteria:
All patients undergoing either emergency or elective pelvic and abdominal surgery
Exclusion criteria:
Laparoscopic surgery (with the exception of laparoscopic-assisted surgery)
Inguinal hernia surgery
Results
191 patients were recruited across 6 centres from a potential total 227 patients. This equates to a mean recruitment rate of 84%.
Presentations
Abstracts
Survey of Post-Operative Regional Anaesthetic Techniques for major abdominal Surgery (SPRATS), Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2013; 38(5): E1-E259.
Written by Dr Timothy Wilson and edited by Dr Mark Rockett on behalf of SWARM.
Posters
Survey of Post-Operative Regional Anaesthetic Techniques for major abdominal Surgery (SPRATS)
Presented by Dr Timothy Wilson at the ESRA Congress, September 2013.
Presented by Dr William Rutherford at the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Research Conference, September 2013.
Regional Project Leads
Dr Timothy Wilson
Dr Mark Rockett
Local Trust Project Leads
Dr William Rutherford
Dr James Blackburn
Dr Junayed Ahmed
Dr Jennifer Potts
Dr Ashleigh Williams
Dr Daniel Mc'Laughlin
