Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02063438
Thoracotomy Closure Technique and Postoperative Pain Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 255 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 99 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine pain associated with thoracotomy (incision made during surgery to obtain access to your thoracic cavity) and how the closure technique may influence postoperative pain. Two types of routinely selected thoracotomy closure techniques will be examined; pericostal and intracostal sutures. The investigators hypothesize that intracostal sutures will result in less postoperative and chronic pain as a result of less compression of the intercostal nerve.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Pericostal suture technique | |
| PROCEDURE | Intracostal suture technique |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-07-15
- Completion
- 2020-07-15
- First posted
- 2014-02-14
- Last updated
- 2020-09-25
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02063438. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.