An interventional study of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA) and TEA followed by Intravenous morphine in Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Lung Resection and Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, sponsored by Larissa University Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Greece. Open to participants aged 50 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-07-10.
Sponsored by Larissa University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia for patients undergoing lung resection can reduce the occurrence of AF if it is continued for six postoperative days instead of just three.
THEA is considered a very effective technique of providing intra and post-operative analgesia for thoracic surgical procedure and it seems that can also be effective in reducing the incidence of postoperative AF in patients undergoing lung resection. Nevertheless the timing of stopping the epidural analgesia and its further substitution with other therapies, remains unclear.
In this study patients who are scheduled for lung resection surgery will undergo the surgery under combined general anesthesia with volatile anesthetics and thoracic epidural anesthesia.
Immediately after surgery the patients will be divided into two groups:
All the patients will be monitored daily for arrythmias
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This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 144 across 2,380 interventional studies indexed under Atrial Fibrillation.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Postoperative analgesia for the first six postoperative days with TEA and daily monitoring for arrhythmia
Other: Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA)
Postoperative analgesia for the first three postoperative days with TEA followed for the next three days with intravenous morphine, and daily monitoring for arrhythmia
Other: TEA followed by Intravenous morphine
Occurrence of AF
Every day, for the first 6 postoperative days, the investigators will record an ECG of the patient, and look after for any presence of AF
Time frame: 6 postoperative days
Quality of analgesia
The investigators will record the quality of analgesia, as it can be measured with VAS, for the 6 first postoperative days for all patients
Time frame: 6 postoperative days
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