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Auriculotherapy for Prevention of Postoperative Urinary Retention

NCT02290054 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2017-06-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Urinary retention is a common complication of epidural analgesia. Auriculotherapy could prevent this complication. This study will be performed among men receiving thoracic epidural analgesia after thoracic surgery.

Conditions

  • Analgesia, Epidural

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Control

Implementation of adhesive pads on the ears is performed while the patient is sleeping but before thoracic incision.

PROCEDURE

Treated

Auriculotherapy uses semi-permanent needles and implementation of adhesive pads to mask the needles.

PROCEDURE

Intra-venous anesthesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hopital Foch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mireille Michel-Cherqui, MD · Hopital Foch

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-23
Completion
2016-05-23

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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