Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy, an Incidence Study in a Single Surgical Center

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thoracotomy; Chronic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00834769

2008/30

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of chronic pain frequency after thoracotomy for lung cancer. Risk factors for development of chronic pain are investigated. Questionnaire survey.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• thoracotomized patients

Exclusion criteria

• mental incapacity,
• poor understanding of French,
• pre-existing chronic pain before surgery,
• redo-surgery