Analgesic effect of paracetamol monotherapy vs. the combination of paracetamol/parecoxib vs. the combination of pethidine/paracetamol in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.
Francesk Mulita, Georgios-Ioannis Verras, Fotios Iliopoulos, Charalampos Kaplanis, Elias Liolis, Levan Tchabashvili, Christos Tsilivigkos, Ioannis Perdikaris, Argyro Sgourou, Adamantia Papachatzopoulou, Ioannis Maroulis
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Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the analgesic effect of 3 different regimens of combination analgesics administered to patients undergoing thyroidectomy.
Material and methods: A total of 152 patients undergoing total or subtotal thyroidectomy were enrolled. Patients allocated to group A received a combination of intravenous (IV) paracetamol and intramuscular (IM) pethidine, patients in group B received a combination of IV paracetamol and IV parecoxib, while patients in group C received IV paracetamol monotherapy.
Results: The analgesic regimens of groups A and B were found to be of equivalent efficacy (p-value = 1.000). In contrast, patients in group C (paracetamol monotherapy) had higher numerical rating scale scores, compared to both patients in groups A (p-value < 0.001) and B (p-value < 0.001).
Conclusions: The combinations of IV paracetamol with either IM pethidine or IV parecoxib are superior to IV paracetamol monotherapy in achieving pain control in patients undergoing thyroid surgery.