NCT05211492

Acute and Chronic Pain After One-stage Hybrid Arrhythmia Ablation Surgery

Acute and Chronic Pain After One-stage Hybrid Arrhythmia Ablation Surgery: A Study on the Presence of Chronic Pain After Hybrid Ablation and Factors That May be Associated

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

After one-stage hybrid arrhythmia ablation surgery there are possible side effects like acute and chronic pain. There is a lot of research surrounding these pains but not specifically after one-stage hybrid arrhythmia ablation surgery. The investigators want to research factors that may be associated with the absence of chronic pain after hybrid ablation include ketamine, peroperative opioids, loco-regional blocks, neuraxial blocks, wound infiltration, postoperative patient-controlled analgesia. The presence of corticosteroids or NSAIDS, will also be evaluated. Furthermore, non-adaptable factors such as genetics complicate the onset of chronic post-operative pain. Taking existing knowledge in this field into account, incidence risk as well as acute pain duration and intensity and their effects on chronic pain will become the primary focus of this study. The investigators will contact all patients who had a one-stage hybrid arrhythmia ablation surgery at UZ Brussels. Participants will be sent a questionnaire with a consent form in and a survey asking about their pain 3 months postop and their current pain management therapy.

Conditions

• Arrythmia
• Chronic Pain
• Acute Pain
• Post Operative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire	Patients are asked to fill in an online questionnaire concerning their postoperative pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2022-01-27
• Last updated: 2025-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium