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Effective Maneuver for Post-laparoscopic Shoulder Pain

The Effective Maneuver to Reduce Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02811081
Enrollment
144
Registered
2016-06-23
Start date
2016-06-26
Completion date
2017-07-30
Last updated
2018-05-11

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Conditions

Gynecologic Diseases

Brief summary

The aim of this clinical trial is to estimate the efficacy and safety of combined intervention with the intra-peritoneal normal saline instillation and pulmonary recruitment maneuver for reducing post-laparoscopic shoulder pain.

Detailed description

Shoulder pain after laparoscopy is common and its probable mechanism is residual carbon dioxide gas after surgery. Both the intra-peritoneal normal saline instillation and pulmonary recruitment maneuver could effectively reduce post-laparoscopic shoulder pain. However, the efficacy and safety of combined intervention with normal saline instillation and pulmonary recruitment maneuver have not been investigated yet. The aim of this clinical trial is to estimate the effectiveness of combined intervention with the intra-peritoneal normal saline instillation and pulmonary recruitment maneuver for reducing post-laparoscopic shoulder pain.

Interventions

In the control group, residual carbon dioxide gas was evacuated by the routine method using passive exsufflation through the port site at the end of surgery.

In the normal saline instillation group, in addition to the routine method, the patients were placed in the Trendelenburg position (30°), isotonic normal saline (20 ml/kg of body weight) was infused in the sub-diaphragmatic region at the end of surgery.

PROCEDURENormal Saline Instillation + Pulmonary Recruitment

In the combined intervention group, in addition to the routine method, the patients were placed in the Trendelenburg position (30°), and a pulmonary recruitment maneuver was performed after instillation of isotonic normal saline (20 ml/kg of body weight) in the sub-diaphragmatic region at the end of surgery.

Sponsors

Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
19 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* patients undergoing laparoscopy for benign gynecologic diseases * patients aged 19-65 years * patients with american society of anesthesiology physical status I-II * patients obtaining written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* patients with chronic shoulder pain, chronic epigastric pain or chronic pain syndrome * patients with past history of pneumothorax or any pulmonary surgical history * patients with any shoulder surgery histories * patients who required to conversion to open surgery from laparoscopic surgery * patients who required to receive incidental upper abdominal surgeries due to adhesion and injury at upper abdominal cavity * patients with inability to understand or express 10 point visual analogue scale * pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Shoulder pain evaluated by 10 point visual analogue scaleafter two day of procedureThe pain score was evaluated by 10 point visual analogue scale.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Wound pain evaluated by 10 point visual analogue scaleafter two day of procedureThe pain score was evaluated by 10 point visual analogue scale.

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

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