Journal of Pain Research (Oct 2020)
Effects of Adding a Combined Infraorbital and Infratrochlear Nerve Block to General Anaesthesia in Septorhinoplasty
Abstract
Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar, Osman Uzundere, Fikret Salık, Mesut Akgündüz, Esra Aktiz Bıçak, Abdulkadir YektaşAnaesthesiology and Reanimation Clinic, Gazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital, TR Health Sciences University, Diyarbakır, TurkeyCorrespondence: Abdulkadir Yektaş Anaesthesiology and Reanimation ClinicGazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital, TR Health Sciences University, Diyarbakır, TurkeyTel/Fax +90-412-258 00 60 ext 3148Email [email protected]: In this study, we evaluated the hypothesis that preoperative bilateral infraoptic nerve (ION) and infratrochlear nerve (ITN) blocks under general anesthesia with sevoflurane and remifentanil reduced the incidence of emergence agitation (EA), pain scores, and the analgesic consumption after the septorhinoplasty.Patients and Methods: Our study was conducted as a prospective randomized, double-sided blind study. Fifty-two patients whose septorhinoplasty operation was planned under general anesthesia were included in the study. Patients were randomly distributed to either the ION and ITN blocks were performed. Group 1: Bilateral ION and ITN blocks were performed; Group 2: ION and ITN blocks were not performed. Duration of the surgery and anesthesia, Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale (RSAS) score, EA presence, duration of postoperative analgesia, numerical rating scale (NRS) scores, and cumulative dexketoprofen consumption were recorded.Results: The RSAS score, NRS score and cumulative dexketoprofen consumption of the patients in Group 1 were statistically significantly lower than the patients in Group 2 (p< 0.05). It was also found that patients in Group 1 (n: 8/26) had less EA compared to patients in Group 2 (n: 16/26) and this difference was statistically significant (p: 0.026). Postoperative analgesia duration of patients in Group 1 was found to be statistically significantly higher than patients in Group 2 (p: < 0.001). In addition, the number of patients given postoperative dexketoprofen in Group 1 (n: 8/26) was found to be statistically significantly lower than patients in Group 2 (n: 25/26). (p: < 0.001).Conclusion: Bilateral ION and ITN blocks in septorhinoplasty operation is an effective, reliable and simple technique in the treatment of postoperative pain.Keywords: emergence agitation, infraorbital nerve block, infratrochlear nerve block, postoperative pain, septorhinoplasty
