Does selective intraoperative music reduce pain following abdominal wall reconstruction? A double-blind randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although intraoperative music is purported to mitigate postoperative pain after some procedures, its application has never been explored in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). We sought to determine whether intraoperative music would decrease early postoperative pain following AWR.

Methods

We conducted a placebo-controlled, patient-, surgeon-, and assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial at a single center between June 2022 and July 2023 including 321 adult patients undergoing open AWR with retromuscular mesh. Patients received noise-canceling headphones and were randomized 1:1 to patient-selected music or silence after induction, stratified by preoperative chronic opioid use. All patients received multimodal pain control. The primary outcome was pain (NRS-11)

SUBMITTER: Maskal SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature