Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Recruiting

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain, Chronic; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Pain, Acute; Thoracotomy

• Registration Number: NCT05177575
• Lead Sponsor: Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

Thoracotomy is frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that thoracotomy causes severe acute pain. Many factors such as postoperative analgesia treatment plan, operation time, number of chest tubes, and duration of chest tube stay can affect acute pain. This acute pain prolongs the discharge time of the patients and increases the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications and postoperative morbidity. Postoperative acute pain may cause chronic thoracotomy pain in the later period, and may adversely affect the quality of life of the patients.

This study aims to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 3rd and 6th months postoperatively in patients who had undergone thoracotomy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-12-16
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-04
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-29
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-16
• Study Completion: 2024-04-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II-III
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2
• Patients undergoing elective thoracotomy

Exclusion Criteria

• Advanced cancer
• History of chronic analgesic therapy
• Patients with previous thoracic surgery
• Patients who were operated under emergency conditions

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months.	Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months.	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 6th month after surgery.
Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months.	Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months.	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 3rd month after surgery.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey