Postoperative pain after parotid surgery-comparison between superficial/total parotidectomy and extracapsular dissection: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate postoperative pain and discomfort after parotid surgery with regard to different surgical approaches.

Methods

This clinical study was carried out at a single tertiary referral center (2021-2022) and included 2 groups of adult patients (mean age 56.6 ± 12.7 vs. 53.4 ± 14.1 years) following elective parotid surgery due to a parotid tumor of any entity. The first group (SP/TP group) consisted of 31 patients after superficial parotidectomy (SP) or total parotidectomy (TP) (n = 31). The second group (ECD group) included all patients who had undergone extracapsular dissection (ECD) (n = 51). Primary endpoints comprised pain on ambulation as well as maximum and minimum pain (NRS 0-10) on the first three postoperative days (PODs). A neuropathic pain component (ev

SUBMITTER: Jansen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890343 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature