Investigating the efficacy of a pulmonary recruitment maneuver and closed drainage in reducing shoulder tip pain in women undergoing a total laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Shoulder Tip PainSurgery - Other surgeryReproductive Health and Childbirth - Other reproductive health and childbirth disordersMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621000070831
- Lead Sponsor
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital WA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 264
Inclusion Criteria
1. All women aged 18 years and over undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy
2. American Society of Anesthesilogists (ASA) Score 1 or 2
3. Undergoing a total laparascopic hysterectomy for one of the following conditions:-
1. Abnormal uterine bleeding.
2.Early stage uterine cancer
3.Atypical hyperplasia
4. Uterine fibroids where the uterine size should not exceed 10cm.
5. Risk reducing surgery
Exclusion Criteria
1.Pregnancy
2.Endometriosis
3.Severe lung disorder
4.Pre-operative shoulder or neck pain
5.Chronic pelvic pain
6.Severe Cardiovascular disease
7.History of high intracranial pressure
8.Not proficient in English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method