Correlation between surgical position and neck pain in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a prospective observational study
Authors' conclusion
A direct correlation emerges between neck tilt angle and postoperative neck pain. Moreover, total thyroidectomy (TT) predisposes more to postoperative neck pain, considering the type of surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing open total thyroidectomy or hemi-thyroidectomy, Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, May–July 2021enrolled
- Participants
- 195 patients
- Outcome
- Correlation between degree of neck hyperextension on the operative table and postoperative pain
- Follow-up
- 24 h
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Neck hyperextension degree vs postoperative pain · 24 h after surgery
- Direct, statistically significant correlation between degree of neck hyperextension and postoperative pain, regardless of surgical wound pain (beta)
- 0.270
- P
- p < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Correlation between surgical position and neck pain in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a prospective observational study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 15 July 2024. doi:10.
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