Clinical trialNCT02063438CompletedInterventional

Thoracotomy Closure Technique and Postoperative Pain Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial

SponsorUniversity of MichiganEnrollment255HerniaLung Cancer

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine pain associated with thoracotomy (incision made during surgery to obtain access to your thoracic cavity) and how the closure technique may influence postoperative pain. Two types of routinely selected thoracotomy closure techniques will be examined; pericostal and intracostal sutures. The investigators hypothesize that intracostal sutures will result in less postoperative and chronic pain as a result of less compression of the intercostal nerve.

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Investigators

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Jules Lin, MD
UM Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 28 Feb 2014
Primary completion: 15 Jul 2020
Completion: 15 Jul 2020
Last update posted: 25 Sept 2020
Registered enrollment: 255
Registry id: NCT02063438

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