Cutaneous cooling to manage botulinum toxin injection-associated pain in patients with facial palsy: A randomised controlled trial
| Autor: | Marc-James Hallam, Vanessa Venables, Charles Nduka, A. Thomas, Catriona Neville, N. Pucks |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Synkinesis Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment Facial Paralysis Analgesic Cryotherapy Injections Intramuscular law.invention Randomized controlled trial Facial Pain law Humans Pain Management Medicine Botulinum Toxins Type A Pain Measurement Palsy business.industry medicine.disease Botulinum toxin Facial paralysis Surgery Treatment Outcome Neuromuscular Agents Anesthesia Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 68:1701-1705 |
| ISSN: | 1748-6815 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.08.012 |
| Popis: | Botulinum toxin injections are an effective, well-established treatment to manage synkinesis secondary to chronic facial palsy, but they entail painful injections at multiple sites on the face up to four times per year. Cutaneous cooling has long been recognised to provide an analgesic effect for cutaneous procedures, but evidence to date has been anecdotal or weak. This randomised controlled trial aims to assess the analgesic efficacy of cutaneous cooling using a cold gel pack versus a room-temperature Control.The analgesic efficacy of a 1-min application of a Treatment cold (3-5 °C) gel pack versus a Control (room-temperature (20 °C)) gel pack prior to botulinum toxin injection into the platysma was assessed via visual analogue scale (VAS) ratings of pain before, during and after the procedure.Thirty-five patients received both trial arms during two separate clinic appointments. Cold gel packs provided a statistically significant reduction in pain compared with a room-temperature Control (from 26.4- to 10.2-mm VAS improvement (p 0.001)), with no variance noted secondary to age, the hemi-facial side injected or the order in which the Treatment or Control gel packs were applied.Cryoanalgesia using a fridge-cooled gel pack provides an effective, safe and cheap method for reducing pain at the botulinum toxin injection site in patients with facial palsy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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