Does a Multimodal no-Compression Suture Technique of the Intercostal Space Reduce Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain?
CompletedNot applicableNCT02630849
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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)
Chronic post-thoracotomy pain is a significant adverse outcome of thoracic surgery. transcollation technology evaluated with a prospective randomized trial the effect of a multimodal no-compression suture technique of the intercostal space on postoperative pain occurrence in patients undergoing mini-thoracotomy. Patients undergoing a muscle-sparing lateral mini-thoracotomy for different thoracic diseases were randomly divided into two groups:one group received intercostal muscle flap harvesting and pericostal no-compression "edge" suture (IMF group), and the second group received a standard suture technique associated with an intrapleural intercostal nerve block (IINB group). The aim of the study was to demonstrate that the multimodal no-compression suture technique is a rapid and feasible procedure reducing early and chronic post-thoracotomy pain intensity.
Study details
- Official title
- Does a Multimodal no-Compression Suture Technique of the Intercostal Space Reduce Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain? A Prospective Randomized Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: intercostal muscle flap and pericostal no-compression suture
- Procedure: Standard suture technique of the intercostal space
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
- Start date
- 2011-10
- Primary completion
- 2013-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients who were scheduled to undergo a muscle-sparing lateral mini-thoracotomy for different thoracic diseases were eligible for this trial. Exclusion Criteria: * History of previous thoracotomy * Chronic pain syndrome (any type of pain) * Opioid/steroid use 6 months before surgery * Chest trauma with rib fractures * Radiologic evidence of parietal pleural or chest wall tumor invasion * Previous neoadjuvant or radiation therapy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02630849