Primary modes of analgesia used by consultant anaesthetists (n=479) for various laparoscopic colorectal resections
| Spinal | CSE | Epidural | Lidocaine infusion | PCA | Simple analgesia | TAP block | Other | |
| Right hemicolectomy | 295 (61.6) | 2 (0.4) | 11 (2.3) | 13 (2.7) | 78 (16.3) | 36 (7.5) | 21 (4.4) | 23 (4.8) |
| Left hemicolectomy (including sigmoidectomy) | 321 (65.1) | 2 (0.4) | 19 (4) | 14 (2.9) | 65 (13.6) | 28 (5.8) | 16 (3.3) | 23 (4.8) |
| Anterior resection | 305 (63.7) | 5 (1) | 36 (7.5) | 15 (3.1) | 64 (13.4) | 16 (3.3) | 17 (3.5) | 21 (4.4) |
| Abdomino-perineal resection (including ELAPE) | 261 (54.5) | 12 (2.5) | 92 (19.2) | 10 (2.1) | 60 (12.5) | 10 (2.1) | 7 (1.5) | 27 (5.6) |
| TaTME | 249 (52) | 6 (1.3) | 33 (6.9) | 8 (1.7) | 51 (10.6) | 58 (12.1) | 4 (0.8) | 70 (14.6) |
Values are frequency (%).
CSE, combined spinal epidural; ELAPE, extralevator abdominoperineal excision; PCA, patient controlled analgesia; TAP, transversus abdominis plane; TaTME, transanal total mesorectal excision.