Post-Operative Kinesio Taping Impact on Pain in Thoracotomy vs Thoracoscopy
Post Operative Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Post Operative Pain focused on measuring Kinesiotaping, Postoperative Pain, Thoracic Surgery, Comparative, Uniportal VATS, Analgesia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Single port VATS thoracoscopies
- Patients that undergo thoracotomy or thoracoscopy at associated centers
- Patients within the age range (18-64) years.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Preexisting conditions
- Certain surgical complication
- KT and analgesics-related contraindications
- Patients that offer logistic difficulties.
- Patients that suffer from recent chest trauma (Within 6 months), pre-existing chest pain
- Rib resection, pleuralesis, parietal pleura involvement in the surgery
- Surgeries with increased involvement of the chest, vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Inflammatory diseases
- Neurologic diseases
- Congenital diseases
- Fractures, dislocations, infections
- Dural perforations, spinal cord damage with abscess development due to nerve block
- Patients who have contraindications to KT, especially those who suffer from DVT (DVT: Deep Vein Thrombosis), skin Pathologies, and diseases, especially relating to the chest area
- Patient with congestive heart failure
- Patients that experience skin sensitivity or allergy to the Kinesio taping
- Patients who undergo other forms of pain reduction therapy such as massages
- The lack of patient consent
Sites / Locations
- Assiut Uniersity
- Tanta University
- European Institute of Oncology
- Al-Makased HospitalRecruiting
- Royal Papworth Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
No Intervention
No Intervention
Thoracotomy, KT
Thoracoscopy, KT
Thoracotomy, Non-KT
Thoracoscopy, Non-KT
Patients in this group will undergo the same analgesia protocol as other groups. They will undergo the thoracotomy protocol, alongside the KT protocol.
Patients in this group will undergo the same analgesia protocol as other groups. They will undergo the thoracoscopy protocol, alongside the KT protocol.
Patients in this group will undergo the same analgesia protocol as other groups. They will undergo the thoracotomy protocol, without the KT protocol.
Patients in this group will undergo the same analgesia protocol as other groups. They will undergo the thoracoscopy protocol, without the KT protocol.