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The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Posterior Neck Pain After Thyroidectomy

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Yonsei University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Thyroid Cancer
Neck Pain

Treatments

Device: TENS

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02012686
20131127

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of tihs study is to determine whether transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) during thyroidectomy is effective in the reduction of posterior neck pain after thyroidectomy.

Full description

Thyroidectomy is performed in supine position with the neck fully extended. After thyroidectomy, 80 percent of patients experience posterior neck pain as well as the incision site pain. The posterior neck pain is thought to be due to hyperextension is continued during an average of 90 minutes of surgery. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents or opioids are administrated to reduce the pain, but the pain still remained.

TENS is simple, non-invasive analgesic technique that is used extensively to reduce acute and chronic pain. TENS has beneficial effect for the reduction of postoperative pain. The conventional way of administering TENS is to use electric characteristics that selectively activate large diameter Aβ fiber mediating touch perception without activating smaller diameter Aδ and C fiber.

In this study, TENS during thyroidectomy in posterior neck pain will be evaluated.

Enrollment

100 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

20 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Undergoing open total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
  • American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II

Exclusion criteria

  • American Society of Anesthesiology physical status III or IV
  • History of headache or neck pain within six months
  • Past history of herniated cervical disc, cervical foraminal stenosis, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control group
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
numerical rating scale of TENS non-applied group
TENS group
Active Comparator group
Description:
numerical rating scale of TENS applied group
Treatment:
Device: TENS

Trial contacts and locations

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