Sensory Perception After Thoracotomy

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thoracotomy; Neuropathic Pain; Chronic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00910949

H-B-2008-059b

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will investigate characteristics of chronic pain after thoracotomy

Enrollment: 48 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to understand and give consent
• Can read
• Residing in Denmark

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to understand the written information in Danish
• Abuse (Medicine, Drugs, Alcohol)
• Severe psychiatric Illness
• Conflicting neurological disease

Trial design

48 participants in 2 patient groups

Painfree

Description:

Thoracotomy patients without chronic pain

With Pain

Description:

Thoracotomy patients with chronic pain