Kidney Cancer, Pain, Partial Nephrectomy
Conditions
Keywords
Rib Removal, Partial nephrectomy, pain, renal cancer
Brief summary
In this study, the effect of rib removal on postoperative pain in kidney cancer patients undergoing retroperitoneal open partial nephrectomy with flank incision was investigated. For this purpose, VAS score surveys were prepared for patients who underwent partial nephrectomy surgery in the early and late postoperative periods.
Interventions
OTHERPain level
Post-operative pain levels of the patients with detected using VAS score.
Sponsors
TC Erciyes University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients aged over 18 years who underwent open renal surgery due to kidney cancer were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with a preoperative (one day before surgery) VAS score greater than 0, * Those with additional known diseases that could cause pain (herniated disc, urinary stone disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, other intra-abdominal pathologies), * Intraoperative complications that could cause postoperative pain, metastasis, positive surgical margins or peri-renal invasion, * Those who underwent laparoscopic surgery or those who converted to open surgery after laparoscopic surgery, * Patients that regularly used painkillers for other reasons, * Patients whose ribs other than the 11th rib were removed were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain level | days 0, 1, and 3 and week 3 | Primary outcome of the study was to compare the pain intensities of the two groups at postoperative days 0, 1, and 3 and week 3 and to evaluate the additional pain burden induced by the rib removal procedure. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Complications | Postoperative 7 days |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed