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We hypothesized that using bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (BSCPB) might influence the pattern of immediate postoperative pain and analgesic consumption. The general objective of the study was to assess the analgesic efficacy of bilateral superficial plexus block for thyroid surgery under general anesthesia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 74 willing patients involved. Half of them had received BSCPB with 10\u00a0ml of 0.25% bupivacaine just before induction and the remaining half did not. Postoperatively, patients were assessed at immediate, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th h. At all endpoints, NRS-11 scores for pain were significantly lower in the block group. The time to first analgesic requirement was significantly longer 132.3\u2009\u00b1\u200971.5\u00a0min vs 71.4\u2009\u00b1\u200960.0\u00a0min, p\u2009=\u20090.009. Opioid and total analgesic consumption were reduced by BSCPB in the first 24 postoperative hours. There was low but non-significant rate of PONV in the block group. No clinically important adverse event was noted related to BSCPB.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Trial registration<\/jats:italic>\n                      The study was registered in Pan African Clinical Trial Registry on 13\/01\/2020 and the registration number is PACTR202001579588451. Retrospectively registered.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13104-020-4907-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,28]],"date-time":"2020-01-28T04:03:41Z","timestamp":1580184221000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["The analgesic efficacy of bilateral superficial cervical plexus block for thyroid surgery under general anesthesia: a prospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","clinical-trial-number":[{"clinical-trial-number":"pactr202001579588451","registry":"10.18810\/pactr"}],"author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0988-7723","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yophtahe B.","family":"Woldegerima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amare G.","family":"Hailekiros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Girmay L.","family":"Fitiwi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"4907_CR1","first-page":"175","volume":"18","author":"N Berhanu","year":"2004","unstructured":"Berhanu N, Woldemichael K, Bezabih M. 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