Incidence of Chronic Pain After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain, Acute; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Pain, Chronic; VATS

• Registration Number: NCT05187390
• Lead Sponsor: Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that VATS causes acute pain. Many factors such as postoperative analgesia treatment plan, operation time, number of chest tubes, and duration of chest tube stay can affect acute pain. This acute pain prolongs the discharge time of the patients and increases the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications and postoperative morbidity. Postoperative acute pain may cause chronic pain in the later period, and may adversely affect the quality of life of the patients.

This study, it was aimed to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 1st and 3rd months postoperatively in patients who had undergone VATS.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study Start: 2021-12-14
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-14
• Study Completion: 2022-07-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II-III
• Body mass index between 18-35 kg/m2
• Patients undergoing elective VATS

Exclusion Criteria

• Advanced cancer
• History of chronic analgesic therapy
• Patients with previous thoracic surgery
• Patients who were operated under emergency conditions

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain scores at 3rd months	Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (Burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 3rd month after surgery.
Pain scores at 1st months.	Chronic pain symptoms at 1st months	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (Burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 1st month after surgery.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey