Incidence of Chronic Pain After Sternotomy
CompletedNCT05357963
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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 postoperative pain is a well-known problem. Chronic postoperative pain is defined as pain that begins following a surgical procedure and persists for more than 2 months without other obvious causes such as infection or underlying disease. Sternotomy causes significant postoperative pain, and patients with chronic pain after sternotomy are often referred to pain clinics. The incidence of chronic pain after sternotomy ranges from 17% to 56%; In approximately one-third of these patients, chronic pain after sternotomy can compromise their quality of life by affecting their sleep patterns and impairing their ability to work. However, epidemiological studies on chronic pain after sternotomy are scarce. The aim of this study is to examine the incidence and possible risk factors of chronic pain following sternotomy operations. In this study, it was aimed to analyze the chronic pain findings of the patients who underwent sternotomy in the postoperative 3rd month.
Study details
- Official title
- Incidence of Chronic Pain After Sternotomy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Sternotomy application
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
- Start date
- 2022-04-20
- Primary completion
- 2025-11-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 80 years * American Society of Anesthesiologists' physical status I-II-III-IV * Body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2 * Patients undergoing elective sternotomy Exclusion Criteria: * History of chronic analgesic therapy * Patients with previous sternotomy surgery * Patients who were operated under emergency conditions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05357963