Cortical Modulation of Acute Post-thoracotomy Pain With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The primary objective of this single center, prospective, randomized, double blind clinical
trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) combined with patient controlled analgesia (PCA) morphine, on intravenous morphine use
for postoperative analgesia after thoracotomy. The intervention group will receive treatment
with anodal tDCS, whereas the control group will receive sham stimulation.