Pain Management in Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy

Phase 3 Unknown 80 enrolled Al-Azhar University

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

Tonsillectomy is considered one of the most frequent minor surgeries conducted on a day-case basis on children, and usually associated with pain and sore throat. This study aimed to include 80 children, ASA physical status I\&II aged 4-15 years, and undergoing tonsillectomy. The purpose of this study is to determine the analgesic efficacy of topically applied lidocaine and tramadol in relieving post-operative pain in children following tonsillectomy.

Timeline

Start: 2023-08-01
Primary completion: 2024-09-01
Completion: 2024-10-01

Publications

Background Mitchell RB, Archer SM, Ishman SL, Rosenfeld RM, Coles S, Finestone SA, Friedman NR, Giordano T, Hildrew DM, Kim TW, Lloyd RM, Parikh SR, Shulman ST, Walner DL, Walsh SA, Nnacheta LC. Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update)-Executive Summary. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Feb;160(2):187-205. doi: 10.1177/0194599818807917.
Background Aldamluji N, Burgess A, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Raeder J, Beloeil H; PROSPECT Working Group collaborators*. PROSPECT guideline for tonsillectomy: systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jul;76(7):947-961. doi: 10.1111/anae.15299. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	2 mg/kg	Topical
Subject	Tramadol	Other / unclassified	2 mg/kg	Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.