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

Suleiman, Nergis Nina; Luedi, Markus M; Joshi, Girish; Dewinter, Geertrui; Wu, Christopher L; Sauter, Axel R (2024). Perioperative pain management for cleft palate surgery: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 49(9), pp. 635-641. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1136/rapm-2023-105024

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BACKGROUND/IMPORTANCE

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

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

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

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

The present review identified an evidence-based analgesic regimen for cleft palate surgery in pediatric patients.

PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER

CRD42022364788.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic and Policlinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy

UniBE Contributor:

Lüdi, Markus

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1098-7339

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

28 Dec 2023 11:57

Last Modified:

04 Sep 2024 00:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/rapm-2023-105024

PubMed ID:

38124208

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Acute Pain Pain Management Pain, Postoperative REGIONAL ANESTHESIA analgesia

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/190654

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