Effect of Radiofrequency of Suprascapular Nerve in Shoulder Reverse Arthroplasty

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy; Post Operative Pain

• Registration Number: NCT05785572
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

Brief Summary

The purpuse of this study is to asses if the pulsed radiofrecuency of the supraescapular nerve and accesory nerve have the same or superior efectivity controlling the acute postoperative pain than interscalenic braquial plexus block

Detailed Description

This is a randomized, double-blind trial that compares the effect in postoperative pain of pulsed radiofrecuency of the supraescapular nerve carried out at least two to four weeks before reverse total shoulder arthroplasty surgery with interscalenic braquial plexus block done at the moment of the surgery. All the patients received conventional general anaesthesia and multimodal postoperative analgesia with additional patient-controlled rescue analgesics were prescribed

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-01
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-07
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-01
• Study Completion: 2024-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogical scale	periodical measurements of pain, inmediate preoperative pain up to three months postoperative	Postoperative acute pain measurement. From 0 to 10, Zero means no pain and ten would be the worse pain that the paitient could feel.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogical scale	3 months postop. until 1 year postop	chronic pain after surgery. From 0 to 10, Zero means no pain and ten would be the worse pain that the paitient could feel.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena; 🇪🇸 Sevilla, Spain