3 Local Anesthetics for Spinal Anesthesia in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-11-11
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Spinal anesthesia is commonly utilized for hip replacement surgery. Different medications used for spinal anesthesia work for different lengths of time. This study will compare three different spinal anesthesia medications in patients having hip replacement surgery to see if patients are able to get out of bed and walk earlier after surgery with one medication versus the others.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Bupivacaine; Mepivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing elective primary hip replacement surgery

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-3

Exclusion Criteria:

• hip fracture

• contraindication to spinal anesthesia (refusal, coagulopathy or recent use of anticoagulant medication that prevents spinal anesthesia, local or systemic infection)

• any other reason deemed significant by attending anesthesiologist

• any patient requiring a wheelchair for ambulation or who cannot walk 25 feet with or without an assist device at time of surgery

• presence of neuropathy in posterior thighs or buttocks

• use of greater than the equivalent of morphine 25 mg IV (oxycodone 30 mg PO) daily

• any patient deemed a poor candidate for spinal anesthesia as determined by the attending anesthesiologist