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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
33 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2005-06-30
2008-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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At hospitals the uvulopalatoplasty is performed using a radiofrequency knife (RAUP) after the soft palate has been infiltrated with local anaesthesia (1% xylocain/adrenaline). The incision is done paramedialy to the uvular base and up into the musculature of the soft palate then making a smooth arch toward the pharyngeal tonsil upper limit. The then elongated uvula is amputated to about ½ cm. Occasionally, a suture is placed laterally and medially to lift the palate and prevent postoperative scaring. Coagulation is done if necessary with light bipolar diathermy.
As the postoperative course might be unpleasant after RAUP it is of interest to study the time course and intensity of pain after surgery when using the standardised postoperative pain treatment at OmniaSykehuset. The result will be useful in future studies looking at ways to improve the pain treatment after uvulopalatoplasty.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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RAUP treatment
Patients referred to the hospital for a snoring problem
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients with diabetes.
* Patients who due to age or communication skills are considered unable to complete patient forms.
* Professional evaluation suggests an alteration of the planned surgical area or treatment form.
* Known or assumed intolerance or hyper sensibility to diclofenac, codeine or paracetamol (standard postoperative analgesic treatment).
* Consumption of alcohol in the period from 2 days before or until the end of the primary observation period (postoperative days 0-7
18 Years
80 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Oslo
OTHER
Ullevaal University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Section of Dental Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University Of Oslo
Principal Investigators
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Øystein S Eskeland, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Oslo
Lasse A Skoglund, DDS, DSci
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Oslo
Per Skjelbred, MD, DDS
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Ullevaal University Hospital
Locations
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Aleris Hospital
Oslo, , Norway
Countries
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References
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Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. Pain. 1975 Sep;1(3):277-299. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(75)90044-5.
Melzack R. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain. 1987 Aug;30(2):191-197. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)91074-8.
Slade GD. Derivation and validation of a short-form oral health impact profile. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1997 Aug;25(4):284-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00941.x.
Corah NL. Dental anxiety. Assessment, reduction and increasing patient satisfaction. Dent Clin North Am. 1988 Oct;32(4):779-90.
Kim HS, Schwartz-Barcott D, Holter IM, Lorensen M. Developing a translation of the McGill pain questionnaire for cross-cultural comparison: an example from Norway. J Adv Nurs. 1995 Mar;21(3):421-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02722.x.
Other Identifiers
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OES-002
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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