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NCT Number: NCT03247842

The Analgesic Efficacy Supra-scapular Nerve RF After Breast Surgery

Eighty patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast surgery were allocated randomly into 2 groups; forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) followed by injection of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group1) and forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve injection of of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group 2) without active pulsed radiofrequency only demo mode was applied.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Pain Syndrome

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tanta university hospital

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

Eighty patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast surgery were allocated randomly into 2 groups ; forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) followed by injection through the radiofrequency needle of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group1) and forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve injection of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group 2) without active pulsed radiofrequency only demo mode was applied.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with post-mastectomy pain

Exclusion criteria

  • Exclusion criteria are patients with any medical contraindications to neurolysis, patients with other bone metastases.

Treatment and study plan

Suprascapular nerve block

Procedure

Sixty patients with shoulder dystocia after breast surgery will receive stellate ganglion neurolysis with supra-scapular nerve radiofrequency,

Primary outcomes

  1. postoperative pain

    Time frame: immedite postopertive

    assessment using visual analogue scale

Secondary outcomes

  1. shoulder movement

    Time frame: 6 months after surgery

    shoulder mobility using long arm geniometry

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tanta University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Analgesic and Rehabilitative Value of Supra-scapular Nerve Radiofrequency in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain After Breast Surgery.

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2019
First posted
Aug 14, 2017
Registry last updated
Jun 16, 2020

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