Effect of Bupivacaine Application on Postthyroidectomy Pain
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Investigators aimed to evaluate the impact of bupivacaine administration into the surgical
field after total thyroidectomy on post-operative pain and analgesic requirement with a
double-blind, prospective, clinical, randomized study.
Pain assessment was performed with the visual analog score (VAS). Participants were
pre-operatively, divided into two groups randomly to receive either bupivacaine or not. One
group received a 10 ml of bupivacaine solution while the other group was treated with the
same volume of 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl) through the drain after completion of total
thyroidectomy procedure. All participants were anesthetized and operated with the same
anesthesia and surgical team.