Postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty: Intra-articular catheter vs. Continuous femoral nerve block
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pain intensity after toatal knee arthroplastyMobilization / mobility after total knee arthroplastyR52.9M17.1Pain, unspecifiedOther primary gonarthrosis
- Registration Number
- DRKS00006146
- Lead Sponsor
- Orthopädische Klinik,St. Josefs Hospital Wiesbaden
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
both sexes
- Age between 50 and 85 years
- Able to consent or legally competent patient
- Arthritis of knee, possibly post-traumatic
- Provided an indication for implantation of total knee replacement
- No known allergy to ropivacaine or other local anesthetics
- No contraindication for NFK (tumors, infections in the puncture area, neurological disorder characterized by nerve damage, femoral vascular bypass)
- Consent for participation in the study with appropriate signing of the declaration of consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- ASA IV
- Anticoagulation with Plavix or therapeutic administration of low-molecular-weight heparins
- Chronic pain patients with pre-existing long-term opiate consumption
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS pain postoperative day 1
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Pain intensity on VAS pain (day 2, 3, 4 and 5 after surgery) <br>- Necessity of additive intake of opiates (daily day 1-5)<br>- Maximum flexion knee joint (daily day 1-5)<br>- Mobilization of> 3 feet on crutches (hall mobilization) (daily day 1-5) <br>- Initiation time (from start of anesthesia preparation to skin incision) <br>- Duration of inpatient treatment