Clinical trial: euCPSP: European Observational Study on Chronic Post Surgical Pain,PAIN-OUT Study (NCT01467102)

Eligibility criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Patient 18 years old and above

          -  Patient has given consent

          -  Patient is able to fill in questionnaire on his\her own, unaided (exceptions are
             patients who are unable to fill in the questionnaire for technical reasons, e.g. can
             not write due to the surgery (e.g. their arm in a cast) or unable to see the text
             (e.g. spectacles not available); patient is in department, available for interview.

          -  Patient is capable of participating in the CPSP incidence study (i.e. capable to fill
             the questionnaires on the website at 6 and 12 months after surgery).

          -  Time of data collection immediately after surgery is POD1 and 24±12 hrs after surgery.

          -  Patient has not undergone repeat surgery (same organ) during current hospitalization.

          -  Patient has undergone a surgery included in the appendix 1 list below:

        List of surgeries to be included:

        Surgery without preoperative pain

          1. Thoracotomy for lung cancer

          2. Breast surgery for cancer

          3. Inguinal hernia repair (laparoscopic)

          4. Hysterectomy (laparoscopic)

          5. Hysterectomy (open)

          6. Hysterectomy (vaginal)

          7. Colectomy (laparoscopic)

          8. Colectomy (open)

          9. Thyroidectomy

         10. C section

         11. High gastric bypass

         12. Laparoscopy

         13. Prostatectomy

        Surgery with potential preoperative pain

          1. Cholecystectomy (laparoscopic)

          2. Cholecystectomy (open)

          3. Total knee arthroplasty

          4. Knee arthroscopy

          5. Total hip arthroplasty

          6. Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery

          7. Spinal surgery

          8. Hip arthrotomy

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  patient not fulfilling at least one of the inclusion criteria mentioned above
No condition on gender to be admitted to the trial.
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Subject must be at least 18 Years old.


Patient description (medical language): A 49-year-old man comes to the office because of the bulging in his groin.  Physical examination shows a swelling above the inguinal ligament. When the patient is asked to cough, the size of the bulge increases.  His medical history is significant for mild dyslipidemia, which is under control by lifestyle modifications. He does not smoke, but drinks alcohol occasionally. His vital signs and other physical examinations are unremarkable. He is referred to a surgeon and scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic hernia repair.

Patient description (patient's own words): I'm a 49-year-old man and I went to my doctor the other day because I could not stand that sharp pain in my upper thigh, it was so swollen! The doctor told me that it was swollen right next to my ligament. It's even bigger when I'm coughing. I'm suffering from high cholesterol and I already had to adapt my lifestyle to keep the disease under control. I do not smoke but to be honest I still drink from time to time. The doctor found my vitals normal. She gave me a note to see a surgeon to get my mass removed and get a hernia repair.

Does the patient match the trial criteria? Entailment