Chronic Pain After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Surgery for Pneumothorax

Chronic Pain After VATS Surgery for Pneumothorax

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00969423

Enrollment

Registered

2009-09-01

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2011-08-18

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Conditions

Pneumothorax

Keywords

persistent pain, neuropathic pain, Chronic Pain, VATS, Primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients

Brief summary

The study will investigate characteristics of chronic pain after VATS surgery with two different sizes of videoscopic equipment.

Interventions

DEVICE5mm videoscope

use of 5mm videoscope

DEVICE10mm videoscope

use of 10mm videoscope

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* PSP * Able to understand and give consent * Can read * Residing in Denmark

Exclusion criteria

* Unable to understand the written information in Danish * Abuse (Medicine, Drugs, Alcohol) * Severe psychiatric Illness * Conflicting neurological disease * Conversion to open surgery * Use of neuroaxial analgesia * Use of electric cauterizer necessitated * Additional thoracic surgery in the investigation period

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
QST score	2 years
Post surgical pain	2 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Patient related factors, depression, coping etc.	2 years

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026