Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Chronic Postoperative Pain After Thoracotomy

Chronic Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Chronic Postoperative Pain After Thoracotomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05501977
• Other study ID #: 10483751
• Status: Completed
• Start date: August 18, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 25, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Ankara University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the factors affecting the development of chronic pain in patients with thoracotomy in the Thoracic Surgery Operating Rooms of İbn-i Sina Hospital. By identifying these factors, it is aimed to apply the necessary treatments to prevent the development of chronic pain and to improve patient outcomes.

Description:

The study included 229 patients ASA 1, 2 and 3, 18 years of age and older, who underwent elective thoracotomy in Ankara University İbn-i Sina Hospital, Thoracic Surgery operating room between 01.01.2016 and 31.12.2020. The medical files and electronic records of the patients were scanned from the system. Age, gender, weight, ASA score, smoking, comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes), drug use, malignancy, chemotherapy history, radiotherapy history, intraoperative and postoperative analgesia method, duration of acute pain, type of surgery, duration of surgery, duration of anesthesia, rib resection, number of chest tubes and duration time, time to apply to the pain clinic, and the analgesic method applied were recorded.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 89
• Est. completion date: July 25, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• asa 1,2 and 3

• 18 year of age and older

• underwent elective thoracotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA 4 and 5, emergency or trauma thoracotomy, patients with malignancy infiltrating the chest wall, more than one thoracotomy performed, patients whose cardiovascular or cerebrovascular or musculoskeletal system was affected at a level that would affect their daily activities after surgery, and patients with insufficient data for various reasons

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Chronic Pain Syndrome
• Pain, Postoperative
• Thoracotomy

Intervention

Procedure:
• thoracotomy
thoracic surgery for pulmonary diseases

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Cigdem Yildirim Guclu	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ankara University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of patients who had chronic pain after thoracotomy	number of patients who had chronic pain after thoracotomy	3 months
Secondary	type of analgesic	analgesic methods used for acute postoperative pain	3 months