The effects of serial locoregional water-filtered infrared A radiation on wound healing in thoracotomized patients - a randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- All thoracotomized patients undergoing elective open heart surgery (valve and/or bypass surgery) and are postoperatively treated in the cardiosurgical intensive care unit of the Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim.Z98Other postsurgical states
- Registration Number
- DRKS00021264
- Lead Sponsor
- Campus Kerckhoff der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Abt. für Rheumatologie, Immunologie, Osteologie und physikalische Medizin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
All thoracotomized patients undergoing elective open heart surgery (valve and/or bypass surgery) and are postoperatively treated in the cardiosurgical intensive care unit of the Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim.
Exclusion Criteria
No written consent and approval for the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction of pain measured on a numerical ranking scale (0 - 10) after x days of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome parameters (descriptive):<br>sPO2, pain medication requirement (analgesic quantity - maximum daily quantity), wound healing, pro- and<br>anti-inflammatory cytokines (including TNF-alpha, interleukin 1, -6, -10),<br>inflammation parameters (BSG, CRP), secretolysis, wound healing<br><br>In addition, sociodemographic data such as age, gender, height, weight, BMI, previous illnesses, time spent in intensive care. Statistical analysis is carried out by the statistics office Mogk und Reitze in Gießen.