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Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracic Surgery
Sponsor: Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
Summary
Thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery procedures are frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that thoracotomy causes severe acute pain. This 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. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has become the standard procedure in minor and major lung surgeries. Postoperative pain is seen in patients undergoing VATS, although it is not as severe as after thoracotomy. As in thoracotomy, this affects the postoperative pulmonary complications and the discharge time of the patients. Likewise, this pain can cause chronic pain. In this study, it was aimed to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 3rd and 6th months postoperatively in patients who had undergone thoracic surgery.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2021-09-28
Completion Date
2024-11-28
Last Updated
2024-05-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Thoracic surgery application
The chronic pain findings of the patients who underwent thoracic surgery will be questioned at the postoperative 3rd and 6th months.
Locations (1)
Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)