In this prospective randomized study we compared the analgesic efficacy of the ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerves block and transversus abdominis plane block for analgesia after caesarean delivery performed by suprapubic laparotomy. The study includes 164 healthy women with ASA status I-II class, undergoing elective surgery under spinal anaesthesia. During the first postoperative hour patients in the "block's" groups received ultrasound-guided blocks of the anterior abdominal wall with ropivacaine 100 mg both.
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