injury of intercostal nerves. injury of other nerves of thorax
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: patients are their chests closed with pericostal sutures (stitches are placed on top of the fifth rib and on top of the seventh rib). Intervention 2: Interventio
Prevention
Intervention group 1: patients are their chests closed with pericostal sutures (stitches are placed on top of the fifth rib and on top of the seventh rib).
Intervention group 2: patients are their chest closed with intracostal sutures (stitches will place on top of the fifth rib and through the small holes drilled in the bed of the sixth rib).
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for research of Qom University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: patients with thoracotomy indication. The exclusion criteria: patients younger than 19 years and older than 100 years; chronic pain; long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or analgesics; psychiatric illness; cancer invasion into the chest wall; preoperative chest radiation or chemotherapy; previous ipsilateral thoracotomy; neurological diseases such as diabetes-related neuropathy; a history of a previous ipsilateral thoracotomy; rib fracture during surgery; incision infection or empyema; loss of consciousness; mechanical ventilator assistance; pulmonary embolism; reoperation and Patients unwillingness to continue the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: 3 days after surgery. Method of measurement: numeric pain rating score. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Air lea; hemorrahge; pneumonia; emboli and DVT; empyema; wound infection; atelectasis. Timepoint: every day after surgery. Method of measurement: physical examination and history taking; CXRay. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohammad Hossein Ghasem Begloo
Qom University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed