Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Chronic Postoperative Pain After Thoracotomy

Ankara University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Thoracotomy

Chronic Pain Syndrome

Treatments

Procedure: thoracotomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05501977

10483751

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the factors affecting the development of chronic pain in patients with thoracotomy in the Thoracic Surgery Operating Rooms of İbn-i Sina Hospital. By identifying these factors, it is aimed to apply the necessary treatments to prevent the development of chronic pain and to improve patient outcomes.

Full description

The study included 229 patients ASA 1, 2 and 3, 18 years of age and older, who underwent elective thoracotomy in Ankara University İbn-i Sina Hospital, Thoracic Surgery operating room between 01.01.2016 and 31.12.2020. The medical files and electronic records of the patients were scanned from the system. Age, gender, weight, ASA score, smoking, comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes), drug use, malignancy, chemotherapy history, radiotherapy history, intraoperative and postoperative analgesia method, duration of acute pain, type of surgery, duration of surgery, duration of anesthesia, rib resection, number of chest tubes and duration time, time to apply to the pain clinic, and the analgesic method applied were recorded.

Enrollment

89 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

asa 1,2 and 3
18 year of age and older
underwent elective thoracotomy

Exclusion criteria

ASA 4 and 5, emergency or trauma thoracotomy, patients with malignancy infiltrating the chest wall, more than one thoracotomy performed, patients whose cardiovascular or cerebrovascular or musculoskeletal system was affected at a level that would affect their daily activities after surgery, and patients with insufficient data for various reasons