NCT02149849

Surgical Positioning of the Arm During Thoracic Surgery -Effect on Shoulder Pain After Surgery?

Lateral Surgical Positioning for Thoracic Surgery -Effect on Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Up to 85% experience shoulder pain after thoracic surgery, especially on the same side as surgery are performed. Referred phrenic nerve pain is probably one cause of ipsilateral shoulder pain (ISP), and positioning of the arm during surgery another. Studies indicates that ISP can be caused by the positioning of the patient during surgery due to muscle -and ligament strain. Can a change in the surgical positioning (less press and stretch) of the ipsilateral arm effect the shoulder pain after thoracic surgery?

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Modified lateral positioning.	Right before surgery, the patient are posistioned in lateral position with arm elevated (not more than 90 degree from torso). In the intervention, the arm will be lowered and placed in towards the torso for patients enrolled in the experimantal arm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2014-05-29
• Last updated: 2024-01-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway