Dexamethasone added to local anesthetics in ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plain (TAP) block for analgesia after abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone added to local anesthetics in ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for the patients after abdominal surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>PubMed, CENTRAL, EMBASE, Web of science were searched to iden...

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Main Authors: Donghang Zhang, Cheng Zhou, Dang Wei, Long Ge, Qian Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209646