Acupuncture for Post-Thoracotomy Pain

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2005
Pain after surgery for lung cancer (thoracotomy) may persist for years and require long-term analgesic use. Prior studies have shown that acupuncture reduces pain and medication use in the early post-operative period after abdominal surgery, suggesting that acupuncture may have a role in preventing chronic post-thoracotomy pain. This study is being done in order to determine the effects of acupuncture on pain in patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Epistemonikos ID: 29f69689c568fdbe63b14424254fd4a2e15acf06
First added on: May 04, 2024