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Clinical Analysis of Pain After Hysterectomy

Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Registration Number
NCT01706549
Lead Sponsor
Tampere University Hospital
Brief Summary

Patients undergone either laparoscopic or vaginal hysterectomy will called for a clinical examination 1-3 years after surgery, if they suffer from pain 6 months after surgery. The aims of the study are:

1. to reveal whether the pain is postsurgical in nature, or if there are any other reasons for the pain.

2. to reveal the type of pain, neuropathic, nociceptive or idiopathic.

3. to reveal the impact of pain on quality of life.

Detailed Description

Patients undergone either laparoscopic or vaginal hysterectomy will called for a clinical examination 1-3 years after surgery, if they suffer from pain 6 months after surgery. All patients were treated in Pirkanmaa District Hospital and the anesthesia was either propofol-infusion or sevoflurane gas with remifentanil-infusion.

6months after the surgery, questionnaires about pelvic pain were sent to the patients. Patients still having pain at that time, were invited for detailed sensory and gynecological examinations.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria
  • hysterectomy 1-3 years previously
  • suffering from pain 6months postsurgically
Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Type of Chronic Pain After Hysterectomy1-3 years after hysterectomy

Number of participants with probable neuropathic, possible neuropathic, pain had subsided and other type of pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Is the Pain Due to Hysterectomy?1-3 years

Number of patients having posthysterectomy pain versus other pain

Quality of Life After Hysterectomy1-3 years after hysterectomy

Quality of life as measured by the SF-36, which consists of 8 scales.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tampere University Hospital

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Tampere, Finland

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