Perioperative analgesia and postoperative pain processing
Completed
- Conditions
- Perioperative analgesiaacute postoperative pain, chronic postoperative pain, postoperative hyperalgesia
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27616
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of AnaesthesiologyRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CentrePOB 91016500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients for elective abdominal surgery with indication for combined epidural and general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous abdominal or thoracic surgery
2. Chronic pain syndrome
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of electrical and mechanical hyperalgesia on postoperative days 1 and 5
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain scores at rest and on movement, cold pressor test results, presence of chronic pain 6 months postoperatively