Efficacy of Ropivacaine (With Epinephrine) in BABA Endoscopic and Robotic Thyroidectomy

Summary

To assess the pain relief and the hemodynamic stability of ropivacaine with epinephrine in BABA endoscopic and robotic thyroidectomy.

Timeline

Start

2014-05

Primary completion

2016-05

Completion

2016-06

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The ropivacaine-epinephrine group exhibited significantly less swallowing difficulty (P = .008), anterior neck pain (P = .016), and right (P = .019) and left (P = .035) chest pain. PMID 28562541 ↗

Publications

• Background Hristovska AM, Kristensen BB, Rasmussen MA, Rasmussen YH, Elving LB, Nielsen CV, Kehlet H. Effect of systematic local infiltration analgesia on postoperative pain in vaginal hysterectomy: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2014 Mar;93(3):233-8. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12319.
• Background Miratashi SA, Behdad S, Ayatollahi V, Ahmadi A. Hemodynamic effects of intraocular epinephrine during cataract surgery: a double blinded placebo controlled randomized clinical trial. Nepal J Ophthalmol. 2012 Jul-Dec;4(2):288-94. doi: 10.3126/nepjoph.v4i2.6546.
• Background Kim SJ, Lee KE, Myong JP, Koo do H, Lee J, Youn YK. Prospective study of sensation in anterior chest areas before and after a bilateral axillo-breast approach for endoscopic/robotic thyroid surgery. World J Surg. 2013 May;37(5):1147-53. doi: 10.1007/s00268-013-1934-8.
• Background Lee KE, Choi JY, Youn YK. Bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011 Aug;21(4):230-6. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31822d0455.
• Background Choe JH, Kim SW, Chung KW, Park KS, Han W, Noh DY, Oh SK, Youn YK. Endoscopic thyroidectomy using a new bilateral axillo-breast approach. World J Surg. 2007 Mar;31(3):601-6. doi: 10.1007/s00268-006-0481-y.
• Background Choi JY, Lee KE, Chung KW, Kim SW, Choe JH, Koo do H, Kim SJ, Lee J, Chung YS, Oh SK, Youn YK. Endoscopic thyroidectomy via bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA): review of 512 cases in a single institute. Surg Endosc. 2012 Apr;26(4):948-55. doi: 10.1007/s00464-011-1973-x. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
• Background Kwon H, Koo do H, Choi JY, Kim E, Lee KE, Youn YK. Bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy for Graves' disease: an initial experience in a single institute. World J Surg. 2013 Jul;37(7):1576-81. doi: 10.1007/s00268-013-2027-4.
• Background Lee KE, Kim E, Koo do H, Choi JY, Kim KH, Youn YK. Robotic thyroidectomy by bilateral axillo-breast approach: review of 1,026 cases and surgical completeness. Surg Endosc. 2013 Aug;27(8):2955-62. doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-2863-1. Epub 2013 Feb 23.
• Background Lee KE, Koo do H, Im HJ, Park SK, Choi JY, Paeng JC, Chung JK, Oh SK, Youn YK. Surgical completeness of bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy: comparison with conventional open thyroidectomy after propensity score matching. Surgery. 2011 Dec;150(6):1266-74. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.015.
• Background Lee KE, Rao J, Youn YK. Endoscopic thyroidectomy with the da Vinci robot system using the bilateral axillary breast approach (BABA) technique: our initial experience. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2009 Jun;19(3):e71-5. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a4ccae.
• Lee JH, Suh YJ, Song RY, Yi JW, Yu HW, Kwon H, Choi JY, Lee KE. Preoperative flap-site injection with ropivacaine and epinephrine in BABA robotic and endoscopic thyroidectomy safely reduces postoperative pain: A CONSORT-compliant double-blinded randomized controlled study (PAIN-BREKOR trial). Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jun;96(22):e6896. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006896.

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