Effects of epidural analgesia and peripheral nerve block on postoperative analgesia and early knee rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty
Phase 3
- Conditions
- patients scheduled for elective unilateral total knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000003910
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Inability to communicate lucidly. Revision knee arthroplasty. Chronic pain syndrome unrelated to knee pathology. Allergy to local anesthetics. ASA phisical status above III. Chronic opioid use. Severe diabetes mellitus with sensory disorder. Neurologically-disabled. Contraindications to epidural analgesia or peripheral nerve block.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Day of knee flexion achievement above 120 degrees
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy of postoperative pain management(VAS evaluation), Thigh and calf circumrefence, Rate of side effect Rehabilitation milestone(Ambulation with a cane, range of motion of operative knee) Frequency of Additional analgesia