Acupuncture vs. Standard Therapy for Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Patients Scheduled for Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - a Pilot Non-randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain; Knee Arthroscopy; Acupuncture
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Analgesic requirement
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Aim of the study: To investigate whether acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles reduces pain and analgesic requirement and foster mobilization in patients after arthroscopic knee surgery (AKS) Design: Prospective pilot investigation with non-randomized arm Number of patients: N = 60 (30 patients with acupuncture additional to standard pain treatment (SPT) vs. 30 patients with SPT only Inclusion criteria: Adult patients scheduled to elective AKS in general anaesthesia with < 80 min. duration Without previous opioid and psychotropic medication Given informed consentOutcome measures: Postoperative analgesic requirement; Pain intensity; Incidence of side effects; Physiological parameters; Mobilization score
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for elective ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery under standardized general anesthesia
- •Surgery time does not exceed 80 minutes
- •Patients without previous opioid and psychotropic medication
- •Patients aged between 19 and 55 years, able to fill in the study questionnaire (Appendix F)
- •Patients who have given written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current psychiatric disease
- •Local skin infection at the sites of acupuncture
- •Aged \< 19 or \> 55 years
- •Failure to follow the standardized schema of general anaesthesia
- •Surgery time more than 80 minutes
- •Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 6 units of packed cells, cardiovascular instability, required catecholamines)
- •Patients who consumed opioid medication at least 6 months before surgery
- •Patients who are unable to understand the consent form or to fill in the study questionnaire.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Analgesic requirement
Time Frame: 10 days
Total dose of ibuprofen taken by the patient during 10 days after arthroscopic knee surgery
Secondary Outcomes
- Pain intensity: verbal rating scale(10 days after surgery)
- Side affects(10 days after surgery)