The Feasibility of Bilateral Intermediate Cervical Plexus Block for Thyroidectomy/Parathyroidectomy

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Nodule; Parathyroid Adenoma

Treatments: Procedure: Bilateral intermediate cervical plexus block

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04905641

Si 081/2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was evaluated the feasibility of bilateral intermediate cervical plexus blockade to be anesthesia for simple thyroid/parathyroid surgery.

Full description

Bilateral intermediate cervical plexus blocks have been reported for thyroid/parathyroid surgery. This technique combined with intravenous sedation has used with safety in patients undergoing simple thyroid or parathyroid surgery. Simple surgery is defined as the thyroid conditions are not cancer, redo or substernal goiter.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient underwent thyroid/parathyroid surgery under nerve blocks and sedation

Exclusion criteria

• incomplete opioid consumption or pain score record.