A pilot study; Preoperative Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of Terminal Sensory Articular Nerves for Pain control and Functional Improvement at 6 weeks after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery compared with conventional treatment
- Conditions
- postoperative shoulder pain control within 3 months following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery using preoperative cooled radiofrequency ablationArthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery PainPostoperative Pain
- Registration Number
- TCTR20210326004
- Lead Sponsor
- research affairs, faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn univeristy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
1 ASA 1 to 3
2 MRI showed a partial or complete tear of the supraspinatus tendon (small, medium, large tear)
1 coexisting shoulder arthropathies such as osteoarthritis, cuff tear arthropathy, inflammatory arthritis, malignancy
2 adhesive capsulitis
3 coexisting tear of other rotator cuff tendons
4 previous shoulder surgery
5 previous radiofrequency ablation
6 duration between study intervention and ARCR surgery ranges more than 4 weeks
7 Nerve-related symptoms
8 medical conditions that precluded the study intervention (cardiac or pulmonary compromise, sepsis, bleeding disorder, allergic reactions, contraindications to local anesthetic, and pregnancy)
9 athletes who significantly concern or require the full function of rotator cuff tendons and muscles around the shoulder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method postoperative pain score postoperative NRS at 1,2,3,4,5,6 weeks after surgery compared with baseline NRS at 1 to 4 weeks before surgery numerical rating scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method functional score at 6 week and 3 month after surgery ASES,functional score at 6 week and 3 month after surgery constant score