Acute Pain Management Following Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Comparison of Lobectomy and Wedge Resection

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain

• Registration Number: NCT02130544
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Viedo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) have became popular in recent years. There is no golden rule of postoperative analgesia for VATS. Compared with lobectomy, wedge resection preserves better pulmonary function and is suitable for elder patients and patients who could not afford to have lobectomy. In addition to surgery time、recovery time and hospital stay, wound incisions and organization damages are different,too. Will patients also have different response to pain control after these two surgery? The retrospective study is to compared the differences of postoperative pain management between VATS lobectomy and wedge resection.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-05-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-05-02
• Study First Posted: 2014-05-05
• Study Start: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-03
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-05
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age >= 20
2. Using intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative analgesia
3. ASA physical status classification I-III

Exclusion Criteria

1. Staying in intensive care unit after surgery
2. Emergency surgery
3. Pregnancy
4. Other surgery incisions which are not used for the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
5. Patients never use intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postoperative pain scale	postoperative day 1 to day 3

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan