Can Dexmedetomidine For Procedural Sedation In Knee Arthroplasty Reduce Postoperative Pain? A Randomized Control Study
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Dexmedetomidine has been often used for procedural sedation. It has also has been shown to
have a pain sparing effect. Therefore the investigators propose that if Dexmedetomidine is
used for sedation in total knee replacements done under spinal anesthetic, the patients will
have less pain up to 24 hours after the procedure.