Chronic pain after thoracic surgery: Objectivation of the underlying damage to intercostal nerves by magnetically evoked motor potential (MEP) and comparison of different access techniques with regard to nerve damage and the frequency of chronic pai
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- S29.9M79.28Unspecified injury of thorax
- Registration Number
- DRKS00021066
- Lead Sponsor
- Krankenhaus Martha Maria Halle-Dölau
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Anatomic Lung resection (lobectomy, segmentectomy or wedge resection) due to a malignant lung tumor (lung carcinoma or lung metastasis) via VATS (video assisted thoracoscopy), RATS (robot assisted thoracostopy), or thoracotomy.
The participation of other working groups is possible and desirable. For this purpose, a presentation of the study is planned at the 29th annual conference of the DGT (German Society for Thoracic Surgery) in October 2020 in Erfurt.
Exclusion Criteria
Implanted electrical devices such as pacemakers or cochlear implants
Non-removable metallic foreign bodies on the body
Adipositas (BMI over 30 kg / m²)
Large colored tattoos
Severe neurological disorders / epilepsy
pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hypothesis: <br>Intercostal nerve damage correlates with the frequency and severity of chronic pain after thoracic surgery. The damage to the intercostal nerves can be objectified by measuring the peripheral motor latency (PmL) of the magnetically evoked motor potentials (MEP).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The use of minimally invasive surgical techniques (VATS / RATS) can reduce the damage to the intercostal nerves, the frequency and severity of chronic pain after thoracic surgery compared to the conventional open thoracotomy.