Status:

COMPLETED

Rib Removal and Pain in Partial Nephrectomy

Lead Sponsor:

TC Erciyes University

Conditions:

Pain

Partial Nephrectomy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

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...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged over 18 years who underwent open renal surgery due to kidney cancer were included in the study.

Exclusion

  • 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.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06543095

Start Date

July 1 2022

End Date

January 1 2024

Last Update

August 7 2024

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Erciyes University

Kayseri, Turkey (Türkiye), 38080