Acute Postthoracotomy Pain - Impact of Gender

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

No Impact of Gender on Acute Postthoracotomy Pain - a Retrospective Analysis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03281213
• Other study ID #: genderthorpain
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 11, 2017
• Last updated: September 12, 2017
• Start date: July 1, 2010
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: Medical University of Graz
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Adequate analgesia in thoracic surgery is essential to prevent severe postoperative complications, especially respiratory problems. Current knowledge about gender-related differences in pain states generally more frequent and intense pain and more demand for analgesics in women. Results about postsurgical pain in particular are very inconclusive.

The investigators tried to find out if gender has an influence on postthoracotomy pain and analgesics requirement.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 346
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• open lung surgery between July 2010 and December 2014

Exclusion Criteria:

• redo-thoracotomy

• chest wall or rib resection

• other approach than lateral thoracotomy

• additional incision at other site (e.g. laparotomy)

• chest trauma

• mesothelioma

• hemofiltration or haemodialysis

• longer than one day stay at intensive care unit

• pre-existent chronic pain and/or chronic opioid intake

• short stay in hospital

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Analgesia
• Gender
• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain
• Thoracotomy

Intervention

Other:
• Thoracotomy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Medical University of Graz, Division of Thoracic and Hyperbaric Surgery	Graz	Styria

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University of Graz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual Analogue Scores		first 5 postoperative days
Primary	Analgesics requirement		first 5 postoperative days