Evaluation of Post Thoracotomy Pain following Four Techniques of Posterolateral Thoracotomy closure in patients undergoing Posterolateral Thoracotomy: A Randomised study
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Post-thoracotomy pain, after posterolateral thoracotomy is a common complication due to inadvertent injury to the intercostal nerve arising from surgical incision, retraction, trocar placement, or suturing.Posterolateral thoracotomy, Post thoracotomy pain, Numeric rating scale
- Registration Number
- TCTR20240417002
- Lead Sponsor
- SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy
Exclusion Criteria
1.Previous thoracotomy
2.Chronic pain syndrome (any type of pain)
3.Opioid or steroid use within 6 months before surgery.
4.Chest trauma with rib fractures
5.Radiologic evidence of parietal pleural or chest wall tumour invasion
6.Previous neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
7.Contraindication to epidural analgesia
8.Allergy to study drugs (bupivacaine and fentanyl)
9.Fibromyalgia
10.Osteoarthritis
11.Rheumatic arthritis
12.Failure to obtain consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Average Pain score At POD 3, 3 months and 6 months Numeric Rating Scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychological well-being of the patient At 3 months and 6 months WHO-5 well-being index,Effect of pain, treatment of pain and patients, functional ability and disability. At 3 months and 6 months Brief Pain inventory,Incidence of Post thoracotomy chronic pain At 3 and 6 months Numeric Rating scale