Effect of intra- and postoperative strategy of pain management on functional outcome in patients subjected to knee arthroplasty.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- patients subjected to total knee arthroplasty
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24222
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center (AMC) Department of Anesthesiology
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
1. Informed consent;
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I to III;
Exclusion Criteria
1. No informed consent;
2. ASA classification IV or V;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reaching of discharge criteria: <br>1. 90 degree flexion of the knee;<br /><br>2. No infection;<br /><br>3. Pain on the visual analogue scale (VAS) lower than 4 (scale 0-10).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Functional results at discharge and after 6 weeks and one year after the operation;<br /><br>2. Analgesic consumption: use of morphine and tramadol;<br /><br>3. Pain measured by VAS postoperatively on day 0, 1, 2 and 3 during rest and movement, respectively;<br /><br>4. Postoperative nausea and vomiting;<br /><br>5. Effect of removing catheters on functional aspects (loss of functional capacity after removing catheters);<br /><br>6. Patient overall satisfaction (measured using the Oxford knee questionnaire, a score with good reliability, content validity and construct validity in patients subjected to TKA);<br /><br>7. Patient satisfaction with regional blockade procedure (school marks);<br /><br>8. Time necessary to place catheters;<br /><br>9. Amperage of stimulation of motor response;<br /><br>10. Onset of motor and sensory block.