Background
chronic pain, postoperative pain, postoperative pulmonary complications, gallstone disease
CHRONIC PAIN, SECONDARY, COMPLICATIONS, GALLSTONE DISEASE
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) is a frequently performed surgery as the gold standard in the treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease [Poorly controlled early postoperative pain impairs the quality of recovery, increasing the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications as a risk factor for the formation of chronic pain [The perichondrial approach for blockage of Thoracoabdominal Nerves (TAPA) block is a novel block applied to the lower and upper surfaces of the chondrium by administering local anesthesia [The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of M-TAPA and OSTAP blocks applied prior to surgery as part of multimodal analgesia on postoperative opioid consumption in patients scheduled to undergo LC. The secondary aims of the study were to evaluate the incidence of complications, postoperative pain degrees, first rescue analgesic administration time, dermatome areas where sensory analgesia was provided, and Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) scores at the postoperative 24th hour between the groups.