Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02290054
Auriculotherapy for Prevention of Postoperative Urinary Retention
Auriculotherapy for Prevention of Postoperative Urinary Retention in Men Receiving Postoperative Epidural Analgesia After Thoracic Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 53 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hopital Foch · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Urinary retention is a common complication of epidural analgesia. Auriculotherapy could prevent this complication. This study will be performed among men receiving thoracic epidural analgesia after thoracic surgery.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Control | Implementation of adhesive pads on the ears is performed while the patient is sleeping but before thoracic incision. |
| PROCEDURE | Treated | Auriculotherapy uses semi-permanent needles and implementation of adhesive pads to mask the needles. |
| PROCEDURE | Intra-venous anesthesia |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-05-23
- Completion
- 2016-05-23
- First posted
- 2014-11-13
- Last updated
- 2017-06-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: France
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02290054. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.