Galvaing G, Bussières J, Simard S, Couture EJ, Cournoyer C, Conti M, Lacasse Y, Laliberté AS. Impact of Surgical Positioning on the Occurrence of Postoperative Ipilateral Shoulder Pain After Lung Resection by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy: A Randomized Trial.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024;
38:1190-1197. [PMID:
38267347 DOI:
10.1053/j.jvca.2023.12.022]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the ipsilateral arm position on ipsilateral shoulder pain after lung cancer resection by video-assisted thoracic surgery.
DESIGN
A prospective randomized controlled trial.
SETTING
A single academic center study.
PARTICIPANTS
Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary resection for cancer at the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec from May 2020 to May 2022 were included.
INTERVENTIONS
Patients randomly were assigned with a 1:1 ratio to a supported or suspended ipsilateral arm position.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
Ipsilateral shoulder pain incidence, pain score, and opioid use were recorded in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) on postoperative days 1 and 2. One hundred thirty-three patients were randomized, 67 in the suspended-arm group and 66 in the supported-arm group. Of the patients, 31% reported ipsilateral shoulder pain in the PACU with no difference between groups (19/67 [28.4%] v 22/66 patients (33.3%), p = 0.5767). There was no significant difference between the pain score in the PACU (3 [0-6] v 4 [0-6], p = 0.9055) at postoperative day 1 (4 [2-6] v 3 [2-5], p = 0.4113) and at postoperative day 2 (2 [0-5] v 2 [1-4], p = 0.9508). Ipsilateral shoulder pain score decreased rapidly on postoperative day 2. There was no statistical difference in opioid and gabapentinoid use between the groups.
CONCLUSIONS
Ipsilateral arm position seems to have no impact on ipsilateral shoulder pain.
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