Perioperative pain management for cleft palate surgery: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations.

Acute Pain Pain Management Pain, Postoperative REGIONAL ANESTHESIA analgesia

Journal

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
ISSN: 1532-8651
Titre abrégé: Reg Anesth Pain Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9804508

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 27 09 2023
accepted: 27 11 2023
medline: 21 12 2023
pubmed: 21 12 2023
entrez: 21 12 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Cleft palate surgery is associated with significant postoperative pain. Effective pain control can decrease stress and agitation in children undergoing cleft palate surgery and improve surgical outcomes. However, limited evidence often results in inadequate pain control after cleft palate surgery. The aim of this review was to evaluate the available evidence and to develop recommendations for optimal pain management after cleft palate surgery using procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) methodology. MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Databases were searched for randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews assessing pain in children undergoing cleft palate repair published in English language from July 2002, through August 2023. Of 1048 identified studies, 19 randomized controlled trials and 4 systematic reviews met the inclusion criteria. Interventions that improved postoperative pain, and are recommended, include suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block or palatal nerve block (if maxillary nerve block cannot be performed). Addition of dexmedetomidine to local anesthetic for suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block or, alternatively, as intravenous administration perioperatively is recommended. These interventions should be combined with a basic analgesic regimen including acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Of note, pre-incisional local anesthetic infiltration and dexamethasone were administered as a routine in several studies, however, because of limited procedure-specific evidence their contribution to pain relief after cleft palate surgery remains unknown. The present review identified an evidence-based analgesic regimen for cleft palate surgery in pediatric patients. CRD42022364788.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND/IMPORTANCE BACKGROUND
Cleft palate surgery is associated with significant postoperative pain. Effective pain control can decrease stress and agitation in children undergoing cleft palate surgery and improve surgical outcomes. However, limited evidence often results in inadequate pain control after cleft palate surgery.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
The aim of this review was to evaluate the available evidence and to develop recommendations for optimal pain management after cleft palate surgery using procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) methodology.
EVIDENCE REVIEW METHODS
MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Databases were searched for randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews assessing pain in children undergoing cleft palate repair published in English language from July 2002, through August 2023.
FINDINGS RESULTS
Of 1048 identified studies, 19 randomized controlled trials and 4 systematic reviews met the inclusion criteria. Interventions that improved postoperative pain, and are recommended, include suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block or palatal nerve block (if maxillary nerve block cannot be performed). Addition of dexmedetomidine to local anesthetic for suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block or, alternatively, as intravenous administration perioperatively is recommended. These interventions should be combined with a basic analgesic regimen including acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Of note, pre-incisional local anesthetic infiltration and dexamethasone were administered as a routine in several studies, however, because of limited procedure-specific evidence their contribution to pain relief after cleft palate surgery remains unknown.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The present review identified an evidence-based analgesic regimen for cleft palate surgery in pediatric patients.
PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER UNASSIGNED
CRD42022364788.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38124208
pii: rapm-2023-105024
doi: 10.1136/rapm-2023-105024
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Investigateurs

M Van de Velde (M)
E Albrecht (E)
H Beloeil (H)
M P Bonnet (MP)
G Dewinter (G)
S M Freys (SM)
G Joshi (G)
H Kehlet (H)
P Lavand'homme (P)
P Lirk (P)
D N Lobo (DN)
E M Pogatzki-Zahn (EM)
J Raeder (J)
N Rawal (N)
A R Sauter (AR)
T Volk (T)
C L Wu (CL)

Informations de copyright

© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: GJ has received honoraria for consultation from Merck.

Auteurs

Nergis Nina Suleiman (NN)

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Markus M Luedi (MM)

Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Bern Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital of St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.

Girish Joshi (G)

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Geertrui Dewinter (G)

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Section Anesthesiology, KU Leuven and University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Christopher L Wu (CL)

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.

Axel R Sauter (AR)

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway axsa@online.no.

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