Influence of the Surgical Approach on the Development of a Chronic Pain After Thoracic Surgery (IncisionPain)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Procedure: Posterolateral thoracotomy; Procedure: Axillary thoracotomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02237963

2013/50

2013- A01641-44 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence of chronic pain after a thoracotomy is around 48 %. This research focuses on the surgical approach. The posterolateral approach is compared to the axillary approach especially in term of development of a chronic pain.

Enrollment: 209 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing thoracic surgery intervention by posterolateral or axillary thoracotomy, having no exclusion criteria for the study,

Exclusion criteria

• planned surgery by thoracoscopy or extended surgery,
• mental disability,
• vulnerable person within the meaning of French law,
• inability to communicate by phone,
• poor understanding of French.

Trial design

209 participants in 2 patient groups

Posterolateral thoracotomy

Description:

Surgeons perform a posterolateral thoracotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Posterolateral thoracotomy

Axillary thoracotomy

Description:

Surgeons perform an axillary thoracotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Axillary thoracotomy