Comparison of continuous infusion against programmed intermittent bolus of local anaesthesia through adductor canal catheter after total knee arthroplasty.

Counties Manukau Health, Middlemore Hospital Research Office0 sites72 target enrollmentFebruary 14, 2019

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

February 14, 2019

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Counties Manukau Health, Middlemore Hospital Research Office

•We aim to enrol patients undergoing primary TKA in our institution prior to the day of surgery in the preadmission clinic or on the day of surgery at the time of surgical and anaesthetic consent. Adequate time for patient questions and a plain language explanation sheet will be provided to aid patient consent. The study will be completed at Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgical Centre.

•Refusal or inability to consent.
•Analgesic technique involving epidural or peripheral nerve blockade (single shot or continuous techniques)
•Nerve catheter placed outside accepted range (distal to femoral triangle down to the adductor canal)
•Allergies to medication used in the study or its constituents
•Significant kidney and liver dysfunction (CrCl \< 30mls/min, AST/ALT \>2x upper limit of normal)
•Surgical procedure performed outside of Counties Manukau Health facilities.
•Failure to site adductor canal catheter in the appropriate location.
•Patients on \>30mg/day of oral morphine equivalent for any reason.
•Patients outside the specified age range of 18\-80 years.
•Patients at extremes of weight e.g.\<50kg or \>150kg