A clinical study to asses and compare the effectiveness of two widely practised methods of relieving pain namely continuous epidural and continuous femoral nerve block after single knee joint replacement surgery.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/002819
- Lead Sponsor
- RAJ TOBIN,SENIOR CONSULTANT ANAESTHESIA, 1156,SECTOR-A,POCKET-A,VASANT KUNJ,NEW DELHI 110070
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other (Terminated)
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
INCLUSION CRITERIA
1.Male or female
2.Age >40 or <80
3.ASA physical status I and II
4.All ethnic or racial groups
5.Suffering from osteoarthritis and scheduled for primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty
1.Age <40 yr or >80 yr.
2.ASA physical status more than II.
3.Refusal of patient for participation.
4.Allergy to local anesthetics.
5.History of opioid dependence.
6.Contraindications to spinal anaesthesia, femoral nerve block, or sciatic nerve block (coagulation defects, infection at puncture site, pre-existing neurological deficits in the lower extremities); inability to use patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA).
7.Contraindications for NSAID (NSAID or aspirin allergy, severe liver disease, or serum creatinine 2.0 mg/dL), weight >140 kg, and recent steroid use (<53 months).
Complaints of painful polyarthalgia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method