Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Intercostal Cryoanalgesia for Chronic Pain After VATS Lung Resection

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Intercostal Cryoanalgesia for Chronic Pain After VATS Lung Resection

Official Title: Intercostal Cryoanalgesia for Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain Following Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Resection

Study ID: NCT05884099

Conditions

Interventions

Cryoanalgesia AND single-injection paravertebral block

Single-injection paravertebral block

Study Description

Brief Summary: Intercostal cryoanalgesia is a technique that allows extensive and prolonged analgesia of the hemithorax. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of intercostal cryoanalgesia as an adjunct to a single-injection paravertebral block for the prevention of chronic thoracic pain after VATS lung resection surgery.

Detailed Description: VATS lung resection is associated with a high incidence of persistent thoracic pain. To our knowledge, there is no study on the effect of cryoanalgesia on the incidence and severity of chronic thoracic pain 3 months after VATS lung resection. Intercostal cryoanalgesia is a technique that allows extensive and prolonged analgesia of the hemithorax. In a recent study by Ilfeld \& al, intercostal cryoanalgesia (combined with a single-injection paravertebral block) was able to drastically lower the incidence of chronic pain after total mastectomy compared to the use of the paravertebral block alone (3% vs 17%). The aim of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of intercostal cryoanalgesia for the prevention of chronic thoracic pain after VATS lung resection surgery.