Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2012
Analgesic efficacy of bilateral superficial cervical plexus block in robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy using a transaxillary approach.
Trial report in World journal of surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Evidence for regional block-based analgesia in robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Bilateral Superficial Cervical Plexus Block on Postoperative Pain in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Pooled it
- Multimodal analgesia with ropivacaine wound infiltration and intravenous flurbiprofen axetil provides enhanced analgesic effects after radical thyroidectomy: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of ketamine for postoperative pain following robotic thyroidectomy: A prospective randomised study.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Trial
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- The analgesic effects of bilateral superficial cervical plexus block in thyroid surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Review
- Analgesic Efficacy of an Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Thoracis Plane Block Combined with an Intermediate Cervical Plexus Block on Postoperative Pain Relief After Trans-Areolar Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: A Single Center Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Incidence of hemi-diaphragmatic paresis after ultrasound-guided intermediate cervical plexus block: a prospective observational study.Journal of anesthesia · 2020Observational
- Postoperative pain management in the postanesthesia care unit: an update.Journal of pain research · 2017Review
- Local infiltration anesthesia: does it really work?Annals of translational medicine · 2015Article
- The benefits of preincision ropivacaine infiltration for reducing postoperative pain after robotic bilateral axillo-breast approach thyroidectomy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNerve blocks and infiltration with local anesthetics are commonly employed methods for postoperative pain control. This prospective, randomized trial was conducted to determine whether bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (BSCPB) is effective for reducing acute postoperative pain after robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy (RAET) and to compare its effects with that of local wound infiltration (LWI).
methodsNinety-seven patients who were to undergo RAET were randomly assigned to one of three groups to receive BSCPB with either 20 mL of 0.525% ropivacaine (BSCPB group, n=32) or 20 mL of isotonic sodium chloride solution (Control group, n=32) or LWI with 20 mL of 0.525% ropivacaine (LWI group, n=33). Postoperative pain scores were assessed at the postoperative anesthesia care unit (PACU) and at 6, 24, and 48 h postoperatively using a visual analog scale (VAS). Patients with VAS scores of ≥40 were administered rescue analgesics according to a standardized protocol. The main outcome variables were pain scores during the first postoperative 24 h and the number of patients requiring postoperative analgesic rescue.
resultsThe BSCBP and LWI groups showed lower pain scores compared with the Control group at the PACU. The BSCPB group continued to show significantly lower pain scores compared with the LWI and Control groups at postoperative 6 and 24 h. The number of patients requiring analgesic rescue at the PACU was lower in the BSCPB and LWI groups than in the Control group. The number of patients requiring additional rescue analgesics after discharge from the PACU until the first 24 postoperative h was lower in the BSCPB group than in the LWI group.
conclusionsBSCPB and LWI are effective for reducing pain scores and analgesic requirements during the immediate postoperative period in patients who undergo RAET, with BSCPB being superior to LWI at postoperative 6-24 h.
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