D11.0
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: In this non-interventional monocentric study we want to examine 60 consecutive patients in total with benign tumours of the parotid gland during their in-patients stay in the Department of Ot
Sponsors
HNO-Klinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients, which have to undergo a partial parotidectomy or extracapsular dissection because of a benign parotid tumour can be included in our study. Other inclusion criteria are defined as follows: - Minimum age 18 years. - Sufficient cognitive and language skills in order to understand the content of the questionnaires. - Written informed consent after a detailed information about the study. - ASA classification I-III. - Body weight of 50 – 120 kg.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - preexisting chronic pain. - Patients younger than 18 years. - Patients without a written informed consent. - Patients that have to undergo a revision surgery. - Patients that have to undergo larger skin resections with flap reconstruction or collateral resection of the external auditory canal or the planum temporale.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative pain intensity on all postoperative days during the inpatient-stay. Data collection is planned to be prospectively with the so-called QUIPS (quality improvement in postoperative pain therapy)-questionnaire and data is supposed to be compared to the comparable patient collective of the QUIPS-database. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Neuropathic pain component with the painDETECT® questionnaire. - Analgesic score. - Functional impairment and side effects caused by surgical treatment and analgesic score. - Other peri- and postoperative complications, in particular fazialis parese and Frey-syndrome. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAntoniu-Oreste Gostian
HNO-Klinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Outcome results
None listed