Influence of the Surgical Approach on the Development of a Chronic Pain After Thoracic Surgery
CompletedNCT02237963
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
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.
Study details
- Official title
- Influence of the Surgical Approach on the Development of a Chronic Pain After Thoracic Surgery
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Posterolateral thoracotomy
- Procedure: Axillary thoracotomy
- Sponsor
- Hopital Foch
- Start date
- 2014-07
- Primary completion
- 2016-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
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.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02237963