Perioperative pain management and opioid-reduction in head and neck endocrine surgery: An American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section consensus statement
Recommended Citation
Ferrell JK, Shindo ML, Stack BC, Jr., Angelos P, Bloom G, Chen AY, Davies L, Irish JC, Kroeker T, McCammon SD, Meltzer C, Orloff LA, Panwar A, Shin JJ, Sinclair CF, Singer MC, Wang TV, and Randolph GW. Perioperative pain management and opioid-reduction in head and neck endocrine surgery: An American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section consensus statement. Head Neck 2021.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2021
Publication Title
Head & neck
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) consensus statement focuses on evidence-based comprehensive pain management practices for thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Overutilization of opioids for postoperative pain management is a major contributing factor to the opioid addiction epidemic however evidence-based guidelines for pain management after routine head and neck endocrine procedures are lacking.
METHODS: An expert panel was convened from the membership of the AHNS, its Endocrine Surgical Section, and ThyCa. An extensive literature review was performed, and recommendations addressing several pain management subtopics were constructed based on best available evidence. A modified Delphi survey was then utilized to evaluate group consensus of these statements.
CONCLUSIONS: This expert consensus provides evidence-based recommendations for effective postoperative pain management following head and neck endocrine procedures with a focus on limiting unnecessary use of opioid analgesics.
PubMed ID
34080732
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
Volume
43
Issue
8
First Page
2281
Last Page
2294
