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Post Laparoscopy Shoulder Pain and Postoperative Trendelenburg Position

NCT04129385 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2019-10-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Laparoscopic surgery has become a standard of care for many gynecological surgeries due to its lower morbidity, pain and cost compared to open techniques. Unfortunately, the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) to insufflate the abdomen is a major contributor to post operative shoulder pain. Shoulder pain post laparoscopy is common and it is a major cause of patient dissatisfaction. The aim of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of positioning the patient in Trendelenburg, post operatively for 24 hours, on shoulder pain reduction. Our hypothesis is based on the assumption that complete CO2 deflation is not possible and that Trendelenburg positioning will help displace CO2 from the sub diaphragmatic area thus reducing the diaphragmatic and phrenic nerve irritation causing pain.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

20 degree Trendelenburg position

The patients in the intervention group will be placed in trendelenburg position postoperatively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University of Beirut Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph Nassif, M.D. · American University of Beirut Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-20
Completion
2018-06-28

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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