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Incidence of Postthoracotomy Pain Following General Anesthesia: A Comparison Between TIVA and Inhalation Anesthesia

What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective

Who is being recruted

Lung Diseases+4

+ Lung Neoplasms

+ Neoplasms

Over 18 Years

+2 Eligibility Criteria

See all eligibility criteria

How is the trial designed

Case-Control

Comparing exposures between individuals with and without disease in order to identify potential risk factors.

Observational

Study Start: October 2007

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Summary

Principal SponsorAsan Medical Center

Last updated: January 27, 2026

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Study start date: October 1, 2007

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Thoracotomy is one of the most painful surgical incisions. It has been shown that 5-80% of patients still suffer from thoracic pain 2-3 months after surgery and the international association for the study of pain (IASP) defines postthoracotomy pain syndrome (PTTS)as pain that recurs or persists at least 2 months after surgical procedure. Previous reports have shown that the incidence of PTTS varies according to preoperative pain, pain intensity, sex, and types of procedure. However, little is known about the effect of the type of anesthesia to postthoracotomy pain.

Official TitleIncidence of Postthoracotomy Pain Following General Anesthesia: A Comparison Between TIVA and Inhalation Anesthesia

NCT00935571

Principal SponsorAsan Medical Center

Last updated: January 27, 2026

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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

400 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Case-Control

These studies compare people who have a disease (cases) with those who don't (controls). The goal is to look back at previous exposures or risk factors to identify what might have contributed to the disease.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Conditions

Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Lung DiseasesLung NeoplasmsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteRespiratory Tract DiseasesRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic Neoplasms

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate

patients undergo elective thoracotomy of lung surgery

1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating

emergency operation age under 18 years patients with unstable hemodynamics

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center

Seoul, South KoreaOpen Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center in Google Maps

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