Cryoablation Effects on Acute and Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy and Thoracoscopy
University of Michigan
80 participants
Jun 3, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The researchers will compare the common methods of post-surgical pain control, such as epidural or intercostal nerve block with a newer method called cryoablation. The research team is conducting this study to determine if cryoablation provides more effective pain control when compared to an epidural or intercostal nerve block.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- Patients who could receive cryoablation in an elective open thoracic (posterolateral thoracotomy) or minimally invasive (thoracoscopy, including robotic) procedures at Michigan Medicine
- Patient is opioid naïve
Exclusion Criteria7
- Patients who are pregnant
- Patients with cognitive impairment
- Patients with psychological disorders
- Patients with prior thoracic surgery
- Patients with fibromyalgia
- Patients with redo ipsilateral thoracic surgery
- Patients undergoing bilateral thoracotomy
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Interventions
Cryoablation is a procedure that is used to freeze and burn away tissue cells via a device called a cryosphere which emits a freezing gas.
An intercostal nerve block involves injecting anesthetic medications into nerves around the thoracic incision to provide temporary longer term pain relief after surgery.
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NCT06384664