A clinical trial to study the efficacy of two different types of pain killers in patients undergoing total knee replacement
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- osteoarthritis knee joint
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/01/011364
- Lead Sponsor
- AV GURAVA REDDY
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age18-90years(adultsandelderly)
2. TheAmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologists(ASA)PhysicalStatus1-3
3. Eithergender
4. patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty
5. serum creatinine below 1.5
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age <18or >90years
2. Useofgeneralanaesthesia duringtheoperativeprocedure
3. Ifindicationofsurgeryisforrheumatoidarthritis,inflammatoryarthropathy,bilateralTKA
orrevisionofTKA
4. Anycontraindicationstoregionalblockageorropivacaineincludingbutnotlimitedto
• Patientâ??s refusalto usageof regionalblockade
• Infectionatthesiteofneedleinsertion
• Systemicinfection
• Bleedingdiathesisorcoagulopathy(asdiagnosedbyhistoryorlaboratory
evaluation)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Theefficacyofpain management will assessedbyaVAS(VisualAnalogueScale)thatmeasures10cm. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: The assessments will be done on post-operative days 1,2 and 3 by a single assessor
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method distance walked on day 1Timepoint: Number of steps walked by the patient on post operative Day 1 morning was <br/ ><br>recorded;range of movement using goniometerTimepoint: Range of movement was measured on Day 1 after the dressing <br/ ><br>in morning