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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12606000421538
ACTRN12606000421538
Recruiting
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A comparison of three techniques for analgesia following total knee joint replacement: Continuous femoral nerve block or spinal morphine or a combination.

Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital0 sites80 target enrollmentSeptember 29, 2006

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital
Enrollment
80
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 29, 2006
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • First time total knee joint replacement.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to understand PCA or VAS scores. Contraindication to spinal anaesthesia (eg. coagulopathy, moderate to severe aortic stenosis, skin infection over insertion site). Contraindication to femoral nerve block (eg. previous valscular surgery in the groin, infection over insertion site, inablity to palpate femoral artery). Contraindiction to spinal and IV morphine (eg. obsructive sleep apnoea). Allergy to study drugs. Containdication to COX\-2 inhibitors (eg. renal impairment, ischaemic heart disease). Chronic pain.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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