J35.0
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: oral pain-treatment according to the staged acute-pain pattern, which contains WHO stages I-III
Group 2: PCA installed directly after surgery in the post-anaesthesia care unit and remaining
Sponsors
Schmerzzentrum der Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Uniklinik Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients, who have been approved for a tonsillectomy after pre-surgical examination - Present and signed informed consent - Patient’s consent, after having been informed in detail on the study - ASA Classification I-III - 50 – 120 kg bodyweight
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients, who haven’t signed informed consent - Patients, who haven’t been approved for a tonsillectomy after pre-surgical examination, due to pre-existing conditions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain-level: obtained via Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = maximal pain) pre-surgery (to detect chronic pain) and on every day post-surgery (until the third day post-surgery) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Quality of life: obtained via SF36 questionnaire pre-surgery und on the 3rd day post-surgery - Content with the pain-treatment: obtained via Quips-questionnaire on the 3rd day post-surgery - (Additional) medication use: amount of given non-narcotic-analgesics und opioids, obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery - Mortality: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery - Morbidity: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery - Therapy-induced adverse affects: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery - Perioperative complications: obtained on the 1st -3rd day post-surgery | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJohannes Löser
Schmerzzentrum der Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Uniklinik Köln
Outcome results
None listed