Affecting Factors for Chronic Pain After Sternotomy
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Conditions studied: Cardiac Surgery, Sternotomy, Pain, Acute, Pain, Chronic
In brief
Chronic pain is common complication of surgery procedures. Rates of mortalits is getting lower in cardiac surgery. This situation has brought us to focus morbidity and long term life quality. Previous study show that chronic pain after cardiac surgery is experienced 11-40% patient. Multifactorial causes play a role in chronic pain etiology. The aim of our study is to determine the causes of chronic pain in patients who underwent sternotomy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06534372
- Run by
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
- People needed
- 500
- Starts
- 2024-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-03-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-01-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Between the ages of 18-80
- BMI 18-35 kg/m2
- ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Scoring I-II-III
- Elective open coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Elective open heart valve surgery
- Patients who will undergo general anesthesia
- Patients who agree to participate in the study and sign a form
You may not qualify if…
- Patients under 18 and over 80 years of age
- Patients who do not want to participate in the study
- Patients with advanced organ failure (liver failure, renal failure)
- Patients with chronic pain or chronic opioid use
- Patients with alcohol, substance or drug addiction
- Patients planned for surgery with thoracotomy
- Patients with a history of previous sternotomy (redo)
- Patients with limited cooperation such as dementia, psychiatric disorders
- Pregnant and breastfeeding patients will be excluded from the study.
- Patients who cannot communicate in their native language will be excluded from the study
Where it is running
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital — Ankara, Yenimahalle, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital — Ankara, Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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