PIN (Perforate Invaginate) stripping of the long saphenous vein, in patients having varicose vein surgery, with or without groin dissection on the postoperative pain outcome: prospective, single blind, randomised controlled trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN03484592
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN03484592
Secondary identifying numbers	N0274181489

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Mr M E Gaunt
Scientific

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust
Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
United Kingdom

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
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Scientific title	PIN (Perforate Invaginate) stripping of the long saphenous vein, in patients having varicose vein surgery, with or without groin dissection on the postoperative pain outcome: prospective, single blind, randomised controlled trial
Study objectives	What are the outcomes of PIN (Perforate Invaginate) stripping of the long saphenous vein in patients having varicose vein surgery with or without groin dissection on postoperative pain?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Surgery: Long saphenous vein
Intervention	Patients were randomised to groin dissection (conventional practice) or no groin dissection (intervention group).
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure	Numerical analogue pain score at 1, 6 and 12 hours post-op.
Secondary outcome measures	Analgesic requirements during first 24 hours post-op and first week post-op.
Overall study start date	15/04/2005
Completion date	31/03/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	25 in each group. 50 total.
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with sapheno-femoral incompetence and long saphenous vein incompetence in thigh who are undergoing elective sapheno-femoral disconnection and PIN stripping of the long saphenous vein with multiple avulsions.
Key exclusion criteria	Patients scheduled to undergo simultaneous saphenous vein surgery.
Date of first enrolment	15/04/2005
Date of final enrolment	31/03/2007

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
United Kingdom

Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

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West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D support funding

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