Postoperative Pain Treatment With Continuous Local Anesthetic Wound Infusion in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Up to 80% of patients with head and neck cancer undergoing ablative surgery and neck dissection develop postoperative pain with detrimental effects on quality of life that also contributes to neuropathic and chronic postoperative pain.

Objective

To investigate the association of continuous local anesthetic wound infusion with pain management after head and neck surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective, longitudinal, nonrandomized clinical study carried out in a single tertiary referral center (December 1, 2015, to July 1, 2017) included 2 groups of 30 patients. Patients were consecutively enrolled and presented for ablative head and neck surgery including selective neck dissection and studied from the preoperative through the fourth posto

SUBMITTER: Gostian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8033507 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature