Differential Analgesia From Vibratory Stimulation During Local Injection of Anesthetic: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Dermatol Surg
; 46(10): 1286-1293, 2020 10.
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| ID: mdl-31895257
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Inadequate pain reduction during anesthetic injection is a significant medical and surgical problem. Vibratory distraction reduces this pain; however, there are minimal data identifying those who respond best.OBJECTIVE:
To quantify analgesia from vibration before anesthetic injection. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
In this partially blinded, single-institution trial, adult participants were randomized to intervention (vibratory anesthetic device, VAD ON) or placebo (VAD OFF). Pain was assessed using the 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS). Relative reduction in NRS between VAD OFF and ON was used to identify minimum clinically important and substantially clinically important difference in pain.RESULTS:
One hundred one tested sites from 87 subjects were assessed. Sixty-three percent were men with a median age of 66 years. From univariate analysis, males, subjects aged <60, and head and neck (HN) treated subjects had a significant reduction in NRS (p < .05). Multivariate analysis identified NRS reductions in females <60 (p = .012), males ≥70 (p = .002), females and males treated on HN (p = .048 and p = .035, respectively), and males ≥70 treated on HN (p = .012). Substantially clinically important difference (≥57% NRS reduction) included subjects <60, females <70, HN treatment aged 60 to 69, males ≥70, and females treated on HN.CONCLUSION:
Vibratory anesthetic device reduces pain during anesthetic injection, primarily for HN treatments and older male subjects.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vibration
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Mohs Surgery
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Pain, Procedural
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Analgesia
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Anesthetics, Local
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Dermatol Surg
Journal subject:
DERMATOLOGIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article