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The Effect of Postoperative Modified Trendelenburg Position to Decrease Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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What is being tested

Postoperative Modified Trendelenburg position

Procedure
Who is being recruted

Urogenital Diseases+13

+ Genital Diseases

+ Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications

From 30 to 65 Years
+25 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: June 2022
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Summary

Principal SponsorDepartment of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health of Thailand
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: June 30, 2022

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

After laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery, Patients in intervention group were positioned in a Modified Trendelenburg position (20 °) postoperative for 6 hours because of the limitation of this study cannot positioned in Trendelenburg position. A modified Trendelenburg position is head and trunk of patient were in neutral position while hips and lower extrimities were raised at 20 degree. In control group were in neutral position. All patients were asked shoulder pain score at ward, 6 , 12, 24 hours after postoperative Modified Trendelenburg position for 6 hours

Official TitleThe Effect of Postoperative Modified Trendelenburg Position to Decrease Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT05428982
Principal SponsorDepartment of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health of Thailand
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

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

46 patients to be enrolled

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

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

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

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 30 to 65 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

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

Conditions

Pathology

Urogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsGenital Diseases, FemaleJoint DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsPainPain, PostoperativePathologic ProcessesPostoperative ComplicationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsArthralgiaShoulder PainFemale Urogenital Diseases

Criteria

4 inclusion criteria required to participate
Female patient age between 30-65 years
American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) physical status I or II
Scheduled for operative laparoscopic hysterectomy with abdominal incisions measuring less than 1 cm in size
Can speak and understand Thai language
21 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Pregnant women
Conversion procedure to open abdominal surgery
Patients with postoperative abdominal drainage
Surgery duration more than 3 hours
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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Patients underwent the laparoscopic hysterectomy were positioned in a Modified Trendelenburg position (20 °) postoperative for 6 hours

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Rajavithi Hospital

Bangkok, ThailandOpen Rajavithi Hospital in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center