Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Thoracotomy is frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that thoracotomy causes severe acute pain. Many factors such as postoperative analgesia treatment plan, operation time, number of chest tubes, and duration of chest tube stay can affect acute pain. This acute pain prolongs the discharge time of the patients and increases the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications and postoperative morbidity. Postoperative acute pain may cause chronic thoracotomy pain in the later period, and may adversely affect the quality of life of the patients. This study aims to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 3rd and 6th months postoperatively in patients who had undergone thoracotomy.

Official Title
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Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Conditions
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Postoperative Pain, Chronic, Postoperative Pain, Thoracotomy, Postoperative Pain, Acute

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Thoracotomy application


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Age between 18 and 65 years American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II-III Body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2 Patients undergoing elective thoracotomy Exclusion Criteria: Advanced cancer History of chronic analgesic therapy Patients with previous thoracic surgery Patients who were operated under emergency conditions

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Procedure: Thoracotomy application|The chronic pain findings of the patients who underwent thoracotomy will be questioned at the postoperative 3rd and 6th months.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months. | Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 3rd month after surgery. | Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months. | 
| Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months. | Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 6th month after surgery. | Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Pain, Acute, Postoperative Pain, Chronic, Thoracotomy