Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy (Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery - VATS)

This is an explorative study investigating potential nerve injury after VATS.

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Key information

Conditions

Neuropathic Pain Chronic Pain Nervous System Diseases Neuralgia Neurologic Manifestations Neuromuscular Diseases Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Signs and Symptoms Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Section for Surgical Pathophysiology 4074 andSection of Acute Pain management and Palliative Medicine.

Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Able to understand and give consent
Can read
Residing in Denmark

Exclusion criteria

Unable to understand the written information in Danish
Abuse (Medicine, Drugs, Alcohol)
Severe psychiatric Illness
Conflicting neurological disease

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Thresholds via QST

Time frame: Late postoperatively (3months)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy (VATS)

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2010
First posted: Feb 15, 2010
Registry last updated: Jul 14, 2010

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