postoperative shoulder joint pain. Pain in limb
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: patients candidate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) surgery Exclusion criteria: people who mentioned experience of the shoulder joint problems, pain and limit of motion in the left arms, patient whose Left Mammary artery (LIMA) was not used for graft for any reason, or their central venous pressure (CVP) catheter was inserted via inferior Jugular Vein or Left sub-clavian vein, because of the possibility of damage to the left brachial nerve plexus.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Shoulder joint pain. Timepoint: Two weeks after surgery. Method of measurement: Two weeks after the surgery, all patients were examined by a specialist. And if pain existed, using the profile, examination and taking ECG, the physician differentiated shoulder pain caused by ischemic heart disease (IHD) from chronic postoperative pain (CPOP) and if the origin of the pain was seen in the IHD, the patient was excluded from the study. It should be noted that the criteria for the presence or absence of pain was the patient's declaration. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences