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- Title
Local Wound Infiltration for Thyroidectomized Patients in the Era of Multimodal Analgesia.
- Authors
Laskou, Stiliani; Tsaousi, Georgia; Pourzitaki, Chryssa; Loukipoudi, Labrini; Papazisis, Georgios; Kesisoglou, Isaak; Sapalidis, Konstantinos
- Abstract
The first few hours following thyroidectomy are the most crucial for pain management. Adequate postoperative pain control, reduction in opioid abuse and the possibility of implementing one-day operations are the considered parameters when developing the postoperative analgesic strategy. A study of the available literature was conducted, exploring the efficacy of (open) thyroidectomy wound infiltration. Seventeen full-text RCTs were extracted. Local anesthetics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were infiltrated. Emphasis was given to postoperative pain scores and requirements for rescue analgesia with opioids. Most authors agree that local wound infiltration for thyroidectomized patients is effective in the management of postoperative pain parameters. In the era of multimodal analgesia, thyroidectomy wound infiltration could represent an essential adjunct contributing to lower VAS scores and reduced opioid requirements.
- Subjects
COMBINED modality therapy; POSTOPERATIVE pain treatment; THYROIDECTOMY; ANALGESIA; OPIOID abuse; POSTOPERATIVE pain; LOCAL anesthesia
- Publication
Medicina (1010660X), 2023, Vol 59, Issue 9, p1662
- ISSN
1010-660X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/medicina59091662