Chronic Abdominal Pain After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Questionnaire.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Obesity, Chronic Pain, Abdominal Pain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Poland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Assessment of the Prevalence of Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
Overview
The study aims to evaluate the prevalence of postoperative chronic pain, defined as the persistence of abdominal pain for more than 3 months after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Detailed description
The main goal of this study is to determine the incidence of chronic abdominal pain among patients who have undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Patients who underwent this type of surgery at the Department of General Surgery and Transplantology of the Medical University of Warsaw between January 2020 and August 2024 will be qualified for the study. The participants will be asked to complete an online questionnaire, including a pain scale and PainDETECT Questionnaire.
Interventions
- Other Questionnaire
Patients will receive a link to a web-based questionnaire on the prevalence and characteristics of pain symptoms including the PainDETECT questionnaire.
Primary outcome measures
- The presence of chronic abdominal pain after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [Time frame: Baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- PainDETECT Questionnaire score [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy 3 months to 5 years earlier
Exclusion criteria
- Lack of patient consent to participate in the survey
- No possibility to contact the patient
- Revisional procedures
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Poland · 1 center
- Medical University in Warsaw — Warsaw
Publications
- Mieszczanski P, Jurczak M, Kolacz M, Gorniewski G, Godlewska I, Ziemianski P, Cylke R, Lisik W, Trzebicki J. Chronic Post-Surgical Pain After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Is the Opioid-Free Anesthesia Superior? A Cross-Sectional Study. J Clin Med. 2025 Oct 30;14(21):7721. doi: 10.3390/jcm14217721. PMID 41227115
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06686875 · AKBE/266/2024