Post Operative Pain Management Following Pterygium Surgery
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Pain severity following pterygium excision (with free conjunctival graft and glue)Eye - Diseases / disorders of the eyeAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001125415
- Lead Sponsor
- Waikato Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
Inclusion Criteria
Age >18
Primary nasal pterygium excision with conjunctival graft and glue
Understands the risks/benefits of the study
Able to give consent
Exclusion Criteria
Recurrent pterygium
Multiple pterygiums present in the operated eye
Surgery performed under general anaesthesia
Suture required during surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All patients will be asked to complete a questionaire for days 3 post surgery. Ms Hughes will contact patients daily for four days and document the following variables (pain, irritation, light sensitivity) as well as total pain relief consumed. . .<br><br>Pain score graded on a continous scale from 1-10. <br>0 = no pain<br>10 = severe pain<br><br>Patients always receive a drop of topical anaesthetic (tetracaine 1%) immediately prior to surgery. This drop causes a stinging senation/pain in the eye.. As pain is a subjective experience, patients will be asked to quantify their pain following instillation of topical anaesthetic. This information will allow adjustments to be carried out for individual pain tolerance when interpreting pain scores.[Daily assessment of pain for three days postoperatively.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Irritation graded as none/mild/moderate/severe[Irritation severity graded daily for three days postoperatively.];Light sensitvity as graded as none/mild/moderate/severe[Light sensitivity severity grade daily for three days postoperatively.];Ms Hughes will contact patients daily for four days to assess the total amount and type of pain relief consumed each day. The questionnaire also asks patients to self report the type (and time) of pain relief consumed each day based on a list of options ie paracetamol 1g QID/prn, ibuprofen 400mg TDS/prn (with food) and tramadol 50mg QID/prn. [Total pain relief consumed daily for the first three postoperative days.]