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Effectiveness of Analgesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Pain
Interventions
Drug: ropivacaine,morphine chloride,epinephrine,ketorolac
Registration Number
NCT01304212
Lead Sponsor
Jose Antonio Bernia Gil
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the analgesic effectiveness of three techniques: the femoral nerve block, intraarticular infiltration or a combination of both in the control of pain in total knee arthroplasty (KA). The hypothesis to be tested in this study is that the performance multimodal postoperative pain KA combining two analgesic techniques to obtain better analgesia than when applied separately.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
137
Inclusion Criteria
  • intervention program for total knee arthroplasty
  • ASA I, II, III
  • over 65 years old
Exclusion Criteria
  • ASA > III
  • patients who refuse the realization of technical loco-regional anesthesia
  • presence of coagulopathy or impaired hemostatic function
  • BMI > 35
  • Serious intraoperative complications
  • patients undergoing bypass and aortic-femoral or femoro popliteal bypass operated leg
  • patients treated for chronic pain diagnosed processes, different knee osteoarthritis

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
local infiltration + femoral nerve blockmorphine ,ketorolacCombination of local infiltration with drugs and femoral nerve block
several drugs local infiltrationropivacaine,morphine chloride,epinephrine,ketorolac-
femoral blockropivacaine-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
postoperative pain48 hours postoperatively

Is measured at the time of starting rehabilitation, postoperatively 48 hours using visual analog scale, numerical and categorical verbal pain scale at 12,24 and 48 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa

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Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

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