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Post Thoracotomy Pain After Nerve Section


N/A
18 Years
75 Years
Not Enrolling
Both
Lung Cancer

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Trial Information

Post Thoracotomy Pain After Nerve Section


Inclusion Criteria:



- Patients included for anterior or lateral thoracotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unable to give consent due to age, cognitive reduction or otherwise

- Neurological disease or symptoms affection thoracic area

- Chronic pain prior to surgery

- Inability to supply the patient with an epidural catheter

- Pneumonectomy

- Prolonged infection at surgical site

- Invasive tumor growth

- Need for repeated surgery at site

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Outcome Measure:

Pain (NRS)

Outcome Time Frame:

3 months postoperatively

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Kim Wildgaard, MD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Section for Surgical Pathophysiology 4074

Authority:

Denmark: National Board of Health

Study ID:

RH-EKPF-2008-01

NCT ID:

NCT00653367

Start Date:

December 2011

Completion Date:

December 2012

Related Keywords:

  • Lung Cancer
  • Thoracotomy
  • Nerve section
  • QST
  • Quantitative Sensory Test
  • Muscle sparing Posterolateral thoracotomy
  • Chest
  • Wall
  • Surgical
  • Incision
  • Tumors or cancer of the lung
  • Lung Neoplasms

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