Comparison of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia with morphine to oral pain medication in pain-treatment after tonsillectomy of adults- a prospective obervational study
- Conditions
- J35.0Chronic tonsillitis
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011092
- Lead Sponsor
- Schmerzzentrum der Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Uniklinik Köln
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients, who have been approved for a tonsillectomy after pre-surgical examination
- Present and signed informed consent
- Patient’s consent, after having been informed in detail on the study
- ASA Classification I-III
- 50 – 120 kg bodyweight
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients, who haven’t signed informed consent
- Patients, who haven’t been approved for a tonsillectomy after pre-surgical examination, due to pre-existing conditions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain-level: obtained via Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = maximal pain) pre-surgery (to detect chronic pain) and on every day post-surgery (until the third day post-surgery)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Quality of life: obtained via SF36 questionnaire pre-surgery und on the 3rd day post-surgery<br>-Content with the pain-treatment: obtained via Quips-questionnaire on the 3rd day post-surgery<br>- (Additional) medication use: amount of given non-narcotic-analgesics und opioids, obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery <br>-Mortality: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery<br>-Morbidity: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery<br>-Therapy-induced adverse affects: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery<br>-Perioperative complications: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery<br>