Pain before emergency surgery and long-term pain after
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study looks at whether pain you feel before emergency surgery affects long-term pain after the surgery. It may help doctors find ways to prevent chronic pain in patients who have emergency orthopedic (bone/joint) or abdominal (belly) surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- You are having emergency surgery on your bones/joints (orthopedic) or belly (abdominal).
- Your surgery did not have a life-threatening complication and you did not need to go to the intensive care unit afterward.
- Your surgery is not an outpatient procedure (you will stay in the hospital overnight at least).
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You can describe your pain using a 0–10 scale (0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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