Two different surgical techniques to close thoracotomy incision to decrease the pain after surgery
Phase 3
- Conditions
- injury of intercostal nerves.injury of other nerves of thorax
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015080323480N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Qom University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 134
Inclusion Criteria
patients with thoracotomy indication.
The exclusion criteria: patients younger than 19 years and older than 100 years; chronic pain; long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or analgesics; psychiatric illness; cancer invasion into the chest wall; preoperative chest radiation or chemotherapy; previous ipsilateral thoracotomy; neurological diseases such as diabetes-related neuropathy; a history of a previous ipsilateral thoracotomy; rib fracture during surgery; incision infection or empyema; loss of consciousness; mechanical ventilator assistance; pulmonary embolism; reoperation and Patients unwillingness to continue the trial.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: 3 days after surgery. Method of measurement: numeric pain rating score.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Air lea; hemorrahge; pneumonia; emboli and DVT; empyema; wound infection; atelectasis. Timepoint: every day after surgery. Method of measurement: physical examination and history taking; CXRay.