Perioperative Analgesia After Knee Arthroplasty
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Knee Arthroplasty
- Registration Number
- NCT01225484
- Lead Sponsor
- Landeskrankenhaus Feldbach
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare two accepted methods of pain control in knee arthroplasty surgery.The first method combines the periarticular injection of ropivacaine with continuous blockade of the femoral nerve.The second method uses periarticular infiltration of ropivacaine in combination with an bolus of ropivacaine into an intraarticular catheter placed intraoperatively followed by a continuous intraarticular infusion of ropivacaine. All patient will also receive a sustained-release oral opioid and oral rescue opioids determined by pain severity using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 123
Inclusion Criteria
- Elective primary knee arthroplasty
- ASA I,II,&III patients
- Spinal Anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients refusing consent
- Contraindications to regional anaesthesia
- Preexisting neurological disease
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Inability to use the outcome assessment tools
- Wheel chair or walker dependent
- Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Static and dynamic pain scores (VAS) 72 h
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maximum knee flexion (active/passive)>= 90° 72 h
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
LKH Feldbach
🇦🇹Feldbach, Austria
LKH Feldbach🇦🇹Feldbach, Austria