Clinical Trial: Detailed Pain Pattern After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Early Pain Pattern and Its Components After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Brief Summary: Pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair consist of different pain components (overall pain, shoulder pain, incisional pain and visceral pain). Thus it is important to find out which of these pain components that is most severe, so intervention can be targeted.
Detailed Summary:
Details about the components of early pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair are lacking. A description of each component (overall pain, shoulder pain,incisional pain and visceral pain) is needed, so intervention against the different pain components can be targeted.
Patients fill out questionnaires about pain before operation and day 0-3 after operation.
Sponsor: University Hospital Koge
Current Primary Outcome: Overall pain during coughing (visual analog scale) [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- shoulder pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale) [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
- incisional pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale) [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
- visceral pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale) [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: University Hospital Koge
Dates:
Date Received: April 13, 2010
Date Started: November 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 15, 2011
Last Verified: February 2011
