Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS
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J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg · Sep 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialPostoperative pain control by preventive intercostal nerve block under direct vision followed by catheter-based infusion of local analgesics in rib cartilage harvest for auricular reconstruction in children with microtia: A randomized controlled trial.
Children with microtia complain of severe postoperative pain during early postoperative days after rib cartilage harvest for auricular reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of preventive donor site wound analgesia by intercostal nerve block (ICNB) and catheter-based infusion of local analgesics on postoperative pain after rib cartilage graft for auricular reconstruction in children with microtia. ⋯ Preventive ICNB followed by catheter-based infusion is effective and safe in postoperative pain relief in rib cartilage graft for auricular reconstruction. (The clinical trial registration number: WHO ICTRP, apps.who.int/trialsearch (KCT0001668)).