The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Posterior Neck Pain After Thyroidectomy
Last updated on April 2022Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Completed
- Estimated Enrollment
- 208
Inclusion Criteria
- Undergoing open total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II
- Undergoing open total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II
Exclusion Criteria
- Past history of herniated cervical disc, cervical foraminal stenosis, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status III or IV
- History of headache or neck pain within six months
- Past history of herniated cervical disc, cervical foraminal stenosis, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status III or IV
- History of headache or neck pain within six months
Summary
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Thyroid Cancer
- Type
- Interventional
- Design
- Allocation: Randomized
- Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 20 years and 60 years
- Gender
- Only females
Description
Thyroidectomy is performed in supine position with the neck fully extended. After thyroidectomy, 80 percent of patients experience posterior neck pain as well as the incision site pain. The posterior neck pain is thought to be due to hyperextension is continued during an average of 90 minutes of sur...
Thyroidectomy is performed in supine position with the neck fully extended. After thyroidectomy, 80 percent of patients experience posterior neck pain as well as the incision site pain. The posterior neck pain is thought to be due to hyperextension is continued during an average of 90 minutes of surgery. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents or opioids are administrated to reduce the pain, but the pain still remained. TENS is simple, non-invasive analgesic technique that is used extensively to reduce acute and chronic pain. TENS has beneficial effect for the reduction of postoperative pain. The conventional way of administering TENS is to use electric characteristics that selectively activate large diameter Aβ fiber mediating touch perception without activating smaller diameter Aδ and C fiber. In this study, TENS during thyroidectomy in posterior neck pain will be evaluated.
Inclusion Criteria
- Undergoing open total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II
- Undergoing open total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II
Exclusion Criteria
- Past history of herniated cervical disc, cervical foraminal stenosis, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status III or IV
- History of headache or neck pain within six months
- Past history of herniated cervical disc, cervical foraminal stenosis, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
- American Society of Anesthesiology physical status III or IV
- History of headache or neck pain within six months
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT02012686
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Don Woo Han, M.D.,ph.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Republic of Korea
- Don Woo Han, M.D.,ph.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Republic of Korea
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