A study of how transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation can be used to decrease pain in patients who have undergone a sternotomy incisio

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain in post-sternotomy patients; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12394749
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Malta

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 20 September 2021
• Study Completion: 2023-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients above the age of 18 years
2. Both male and female patients
3. Elective cardiac surgery via longitudinal median sternotomy
4. Consenting to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous history of chronic pain, drug or alcohol abuse
2. Pre-operative use of narcotics (except for standard protocol pre-operative morphine administered prior to the surgery in question)
3. Pre-operative use of TENS
4. Pre-operative shoulder pain or decrease in shoulder ROM
5. Cancer or metastatic disease
6. Patients with a pacemaker
7. Pregnancy
8. Epilepsy
9. Surgeon reported cognitive impairments
10. Previous sternotomy procedures
11. Other types of incisions different from sternotomies
12. Prolonged mechanical ventilation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified