TAP block applied for analgesic purposes in pediatric patients undergoing appendectomy surgery provides superior analgesia in analgesic relief in the first 24 hours postoperatively compared to the placebo-control group without any block. The objective of this study was to investigate the postoperative analgesic effectiveness of TAP block based on postoperative pain scores in pediatric patients undergoing appendectomy surgery. This study is valuable because of there are a limited number of studies in this field in pediatric patients in the literature.
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Effect on pain score
Timeframe: At 0, 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours after surgery