Bilateral Superficial Cervical Block for Thyroidectomy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2011-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the postoperative analgesia afforded by bilateral superficial cervical block using different concentrations of local anesthetic (ropivacaine) in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for the mini-incision technique, performed by the same surgical team.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lifecenter Hospital
• Collaborator: Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age greater than 18 years

• Agreed to participate in the study and sign the consent form

• ASA I-II

• Scheduled to undergo total thyroidectomy without neck dissection under general balanced anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical history or laboratory tests suggestive of bleeding disorder

• Mental or cognitive deficit in existence, which makes it impossible to understand the patient visual analog scale of pain or the study protocol

• Body mass index greater than 45

• History of allergy to local anesthetics

• Intolerance or contraindication to any medication used in the study

• Skin infection at the site of the blockade

• Patients requiring neck dissection

• Pregnancy

• Preoperative use of opioid analgesics or non-opioids, corticosteroids or anti inflammatory non steroidal

• Patient's refusal to participate in the study

• Need for emergency reintervention within the first 24 hours postoperatively