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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Local Wound Infiltration for Thyroidectomized Patients in the Era of Multimodal Analgesia.

Stiliani Laskou, Georgia Tsaousi, Chryssa Pourzitaki, Labrini Loukipoudi, Georgios Papazisis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Konstantinos Sapalidis

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stiliani Laskou3rd Surgical Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6687-4278
Georgia TsaousiClinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3806-837X
Chryssa PourzitakiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3781-9680
Labrini LoukipoudiClinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios PapazisisDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Isaak Kesisoglou3rd Surgical Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos Sapalidis3rd Surgical Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2050-8392
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

AnalgesiaAnesthesia, LocalPain ManagementPostoperative PainThyroidectomyAnalgesics, OpioidAnesthetics, LocalAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalHumansPain MeasurementAnalgesics, OpioidAnesthetics, LocalAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidalpostoperative analgesiathyroidectomywound infiltration

Identifiers

PMID37763781
PMCPMC10534959
OpenAlexW4386779322

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