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Short and Long-term Effects of Surgical Repair of Pectus Deformities

NCT01329120 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2015-06-02

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Summary

A large number of institutions have reported their early results with minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum and open repair of pectus carinatum, but only few have addressed the outcomes relevant to the concerns of the patients and even fewer have reported long-term results following bar removal. Even fewer studies have investigated the prevalence and characteristics of long term persistent post-surgical pain following surgical repair of pectus deformities. The reasons as to why acute postoperative pain in some patients persists and becomes chronic whereas in others the pain dies down shortly after wound healing are largely unknown, and why some patients complain of loss of sensibility in wide regions of their chest following surgery also remains unclear.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

Minimally invasive surgical technique basically consisting of inserting one or more convex steel bars under the sternum through small bilateral incisions in the thoracic wall

PROCEDURE

Open surgical repair of pectus carinatum

Open surgical removal the affected cartilages bilaterally and the excess cartilage over the sternum

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kasper Grosen, PhD Fellow · Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

  • Hans K Pilegaard, MD · Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

  • Mogens Pfeiffer-Jensen, MD, PhD · Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Sygehus

  • Vibeke E Hjortdal, Prof., MD, PhD · Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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