A Potential Role of Intraoperative Lidocaine in Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy-An Original Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Thyroidectomy is a routine operation for diverse thyroid diseases between benign and malignant. In such cases, the complications and postoperative pains, such as nausea, vomiting, and hemodynamic instability, complicate recovery and lengthen hospital stays. Lidocaine may prove beneficial due to its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antihyperalgesic actions. The current systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the effect of IV lidocaine infusion on postoperative pain and its complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.

Methods

A systematic review of published RCTs between 2016 and 2023 was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar. Their inclusion criteria were the comparison of IV lidocaine versus placebo in managing patients undergoing

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723206 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature