Treatment of Post Operative Pain in Thyroid Surgery Patients: Perspective Study Acupuncture Versus Drugs

University of Padova

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Post Operative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Acetaminophen and acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01579786

university of padova

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to evaluate if acupuncture may reduce intraoperative ULTIVA (remifentanil) consumption and post operative pain measured with VAS, italian version Mc Gill Questionnaire Pain and drug consumption (acetaminophen daily consumption).

Full description

The aim of the study was to evaluate if acupuncture may reduce intraoperative ULTIVA (remifentanil) consumption and post operative pain measured with VAS, italian version Mc Gill Questionnaire Pain and drug consumption (acetaminophen daily consumption). The study involve patients who underwent thyroid surgery randomised in two groups. A group patients treated with drugs and B group patients treated with drugs and acupuncture.Acupuncture related risk are pain, faint and haematoma.The study will be done in Padova University Hospital (Endocrine Unit.Primary end point will be VAS pain and secondary end points ULTIVA consumption, post operative pain measured with italian version of Mc Gill Questionnaire Pain and acetaminophen daily intake

Enrollment: 121 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• thyroid surgery patients

Exclusion criteria

• back severe arthritis
• osteoporosis
• myofascial pain
• rheumatic disease
• fibromyalgia
• systemic cardiovascular and respiratory disease
• hypertension
• drug or alcohol consumption
• mental disease
• cervical trauma
• chronic use of antidepressant
• hypnotic and antihypertensive drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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121 participants in 2 patient groups

Acetaminophen

No Intervention group

Description:

A group All patients will be treated only with drugs used for this type during the operation and post operative pain controlled with usual acetaminophen drug administration (maximum 3 g/day)

Acetaminophen and acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

B group patients. All patients will receive the standard pharmacological treatment for the operation. Acetaminophen (maximum 3g/day) during all seven days after surgery and patients will be treated with acupuncture the first day after surgery and thirty minutes before the surgical procedure

Treatment:

Procedure: Acetaminophen and acupuncture