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Rib Removal and Pain in Partial Nephrectomy

Completed
Conditions
Partial Nephrectomy
Pain
Kidney Cancer
Registration Number
NCT06543095
Lead Sponsor
TC Erciyes University
Brief Summary

In this study, the effect of rib removal on postoperative pain in kidney cancer patients undergoing retroperitoneal open partial nephrectomy with flank incision was investigated. For this purpose, VAS score surveys were prepared for patients who underwent partial nephrectomy surgery in the early and late postoperative periods.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients aged over 18 years who underwent open renal surgery due to kidney cancer were included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with a preoperative (one day before surgery) VAS score greater than 0,
  • Those with additional known diseases that could cause pain (herniated disc, urinary stone disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, other intra-abdominal pathologies),
  • Intraoperative complications that could cause postoperative pain, metastasis, positive surgical margins or peri-renal invasion,
  • Those who underwent laparoscopic surgery or those who converted to open surgery after laparoscopic surgery,
  • Patients that regularly used painkillers for other reasons,
  • Patients whose ribs other than the 11th rib were removed were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain leveldays 0, 1, and 3 and week 3

Primary outcome of the study was to compare the pain intensities of the two groups at postoperative days 0, 1, and 3 and week 3 and to evaluate the additional pain burden induced by the rib removal procedure.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ComplicationsPostoperative 7 days
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