Effectiveness and safety of pulsed radiofrequency treatment for patients with chronic scrotal pai

• Conditions: chronic scrotal pain; Anaesthesiology - Pain management; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000649415
• Lead Sponsor: Diab Fuad Hetta

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1-patients with chronic scrotal pain (orchialgia) lasting more than 3 month after groin surgeries and failed conservative treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
2-patients that showed satisfactory response to diagnostic spermatic cord block

Exclusion Criteria

1- Patients with other causes of postoperative scrotal pain e.g. epidydmitis, orchitis, and hydrocele
2- Patients on chronic pain killers
3-Patients complaining of groin infection, coagulopathy, psychiatric disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in scrotal pain intensity from baseline assessed by VAS after 1 week of the procedure, reported by pain clinician blinded to the study protocol[1 week after the procedure]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
analgesics consumption (tryptazole and pregabalin),reported by pain clinician blinded to the study protocol[1 week, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months and 6 month post treatment]