Effect of bilateral superficial cervical block on postoperative analgesia in thyroid surgery performed under general anesthesia

Volume: 54 Number: 4 December 1, 2015
  • Ebru Çanakçı
  • Nilay Taş
  • Özgür Yağan
  • Tuğçe Genç
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Effect of bilateral superficial cervical block on postoperative analgesia in thyroid surgery performed under general anesthesia

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (BSCPB), administered along with general anesthesia in total thyroidectomy surgical operations, on postoperative opioid consumption and the duration of hospital stay. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy surgical operations under general anesthesia and had or did not have bilateral superficial cervical plexus blockade (BSCPB), were prospectively evaluated in terms of their postoperative tramadol needs and durations of hospital stay. At the beginning of the surgical intervention after anesthesia induction, 75 patients who received BSCPB administered with a 0.5% of 20 mL levobupivacaine constituted the BSCPB group; on the other hand, 75 patients in the control group received only general anesthesia and no BSCPB was administered. Results: No statistically significant difference was found when age, gender, height, weight and ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status classifications of patients in both groups were compared. Only 15 patients out of 75 patients in the BSCPB group (20%) had postoperative opioid needs, whereas this rate was determined as 85% in 64 patients out of 75 patients in the control group (p

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Ebru Çanakçı

Nilay Taş

Özgür Yağan

Tuğçe Genç

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December 1, 2015

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December 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 54 Number: 4

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1.Ebru Çanakçı, Nilay Taş, Özgür Yağan, Tuğçe Genç. Genel anestezi altında yapılan troid cerrahisinde bilateral yüzeyel servikal blok uygulamasının postoperatif analjezi üzerine etkisi. EJM. 2015 Dec. 1;54(4):182-6. doi:10.19161/etd.344158

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