Clinical trial · Interventional
Surgical Positioning of the Arm During Thoracic Surgery -Effect on Shoulder Pain After Surgery?
Lateral Surgical Positioning for Thoracic Surgery -Effect on Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain?
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Up to 85% experience shoulder pain after thoracic surgery, especially on the same side as surgery are performed. Referred phrenic nerve pain is probably one cause of ipsilateral shoulder pain (ISP), and positioning of the arm during surgery another. Studies indicates that ISP can be caused by the positioning of the patient during surgery due to muscle -and ligament strain. Can a change in the surgical positioning (less press and stretch) of the ipsilateral arm effect the shoulder pain after thoracic surgery?
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified lateral positioning. | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard lateral positioning
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Modified lateral positioning
- description
- Modified lateral positioning. This will ensure less pressure and stretch on shoulder than standard lateral positioning.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Modified lateral positioning.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Postoperative shoulder pain after lung surgery.
- timeFrame
- 3 months
- description
- Using visual analog scale for assesing pain in the shoulder (Scale from 0-10). Mesauring times: VAS pain related to the shoulder before surgery, VAS pain shoulder at day 1 and 3 after surgery. Further will Oslo University Hospital scheme for registration of pain for location and characteristic also be used.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women;18 years and older * Thoracotomy for lung cancer * Video assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer. Exclusion Criteria: * Received treatment for shoulder pain * Use pain medication on regular basis * Under 18 year * Length of stay in ICU more than 24 hours after surgery * Does not understand the native language
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