This review seeks to examine the article by Suri et al. (2010) titled “Postoperative Recovery Advantages in Patients Undergoing Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery under Regional Anesthesia.” The purpose of this review is to investigate some of new insights that the article brings into the field of medical surgery.
Additionally, the review examines the findings of the study and how it can help to improve or change the practice in health institutions, especially among medical professionals dealing with surgery. There are intriguing debated about the advantages of using regional anesthesia during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. In evaluating the extent to which general and regional anesthesia succeed as a method of conducting surgery, Suri et al. (2010) assessed the postoperative recovery advantages in these two techniques.
Previous studies have established that carrying out parathyroidectomy under local or regional anesthesia using sedation has significant advantages, including less postoperative nausea, pain, vomiting, and opioid analgesic requirements. Although these studies have found inextricable evidence suggesting the benefits of general anesthesia, recent studies indicate that it is possible to undergo these surgeries without inducement of general anesthesia.
Suri et al. (2010) purposed to discover some of advantages of regional versus general anesthesia. From the research article, the researchers found that patients undergoing parathyroid surgery under superficial cervical plexus block are more advantageous compared to when undergoing general anesthetic procedures.
The study brings on board new insights to the theory and practice of medical surgery. The study suggests that patients undergoing regional anesthetic procedures usually experience a fast rate of recovery after parathyroid surgery. The study’s findings confirm the results of prior researches, which have found that patients are undergoing the general anesthesia experience quick recovery and get back to healthy life faster compared to the ones undergoing general anesthesia.
While some studies have suggested that patients were satisfied with both general and regional anesthesia with sedation, Suri et al. (2010) found that the pain reduction was eminent in procedures where patients are undergoing parathyroid surgery under regional anesthesia.
The article shows that they consulted other existing literature, which has investigated the advantages of applying general and regional anesthesia procedures. This is seen from a number of referral studies, which undertook to examine various anesthetic procedures during surgery. The sound and precise background developed by the researches gives a formidable platform to understand the subject under review.
Although it is arguable that the article used previous studies to ground its theory, a review of the article shows that the researchers did not give the study a full scope of coverage. It is critical for a researcher to set off a study from an extensive an extensive background, which forms the momentum for the study.
According to the study, Suri et al. (2010) found no significant difference between the general and the regional anesthesia procedures in terms of some of postoperative advantages, including the timing of pain, narcotic pain medication, and incidence of nausea, voice hoarseness, vomiting, or swallowing problems.
The study reveals that although both anesthesia procedures involved in general and regional techniques had far-reaching postoperative advantages, the Suri et al. (2010) found that patients undergoing bilateral superficial cervical plexus block recorded incidents of sharp pains.
In conclusion, the research article by Suri et al. (2010) utilized a relatively large sample that allows for generalization of the results. The confirmation of previous studies’ findings serves to show that the study remains in conformity with the research standards.
Reference
Suri, K. B., Hunter, C. W., Davidov, T., Anderson, M. B., Dombrovskiy, V., & Trooskin, S. Z. (2010). Postoperative Recovery Advantages in Patients Undergoing Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery under Regional Anesthesia. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 14(1).