Status:
COMPLETED
Diclofenac Administered Before Skull Operations Reduces the Severity of Headache After the Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
University of Debrecen
Conditions:
Postcraniotomy Headache
Intraoperative Analgesic Use
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Purpose: According to the proposal of the International Headache Society acute postcraniotomy headache (PCH) is defined as a headache of variable intensity, being most serious at the site of surgical...
Detailed Description
Before surgery, every patient's previous history was taken routinely and along with this, special attention was paid to a history of preoperative headache, its severity and any analgesics used regular...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who were over the age of 18, able to cooperate and underwent elective craniotomy at the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Debrecen.
- Patients with full awareness and without existing sensory or severe motor aphasia at admission or postoperatively.
- After written informed consent and written agreement was obtained from each participant.
Exclusion
- Patients under the age of 18, patients who were unable to cooperate and who underwent traumatic or emergency interventions.
- Patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents prior to surgery for any reasons were excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01907984
Start Date
December 1 2012
End Date
April 1 2013
Last Update
July 25 2013
Active Locations (1)
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University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary, 4032