About this trial
This prospective observational study evaluates the association between postoperative analgesic approaches and recovery outcomes in patients undergoing elective total thyroidectomy. Patients will be followed under routine clinical care without intervention or randomization.
The primary outcome is the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) score at 24 hours. Secondary outcomes include swallowing pain, resting pain, opioid consumption, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and additional analgesic requirement.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients aged 18-75 years
ASA physical status classification I-III
Patients scheduled for elective bilateral total thyroidectomy
Patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia
Disqualifiers
Chronic opioid use (≥3 months of regular opioid use)
Presence of chronic pain syndrome
Psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment
History of neurological disease (stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease, etc.)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cervical Plexus Block