Rib Removal and Pain in Partial Nephrectomy

In this study, the effect of rib removal on postoperative pain in kidney cancer patients undergoing retroperitoneal open partial nephrectomy with flank incision was investigated. For this purpose, VAS score surveys were prepared for patients who underwent partial nephrectomy surgery in the early and late postoperative periods.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Kidney Cancer Kidney Diseases Kidney Neoplasms Male Urogenital Diseases Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neurologic Manifestations Partial Nephrectomy Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms Urologic Diseases Urologic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Erciyes University

Kayseri, 38080, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged over 18 years who underwent open renal surgery due to kidney cancer were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a preoperative (one day before surgery) VAS score greater than 0,
Those with additional known diseases that could cause pain (herniated disc, urinary stone disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, other intra-abdominal pathologies),
Intraoperative complications that could cause postoperative pain, metastasis, positive surgical margins or peri-renal invasion,
Those who underwent laparoscopic surgery or those who converted to open surgery after laparoscopic surgery,
Patients that regularly used painkillers for other reasons,
Patients whose ribs other than the 11th rib were removed were excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

Pain level

Other

Post-operative pain levels of the patients with detected using VAS score.

Primary outcomes

Pain level

Time frame: days 0, 1, and 3 and week 3

Primary outcome of the study was to compare the pain intensities of the two groups at postoperative days 0, 1, and 3 and week 3 and to evaluate the additional pain burden induced by the rib removal procedure.

Secondary outcomes

Complications

Time frame: Postoperative 7 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

TC Erciyes University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Rib Removal in Retroperitoneal Open Partial Nephrectomy: Not As Painful As It Seems

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Aug 7, 2024
Registry last updated: Aug 7, 2024

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