Comparison of Bacteriostatic Saline to Buffered Lidocaine for Ultrasound Guided Hip Joint Injection Local Anesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare infiltration pain and anesthetic efficacy between lidocaine and Bacteriostatic saline (BS) for ultrasound (US) guided intraarticular hip injections.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Benzyl Alcohol; Lidocaine

Criteria

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

• age 18-75 years

• referred for US-guided intraarticular hip injections in the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, or Musculoskeletal Clinic

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

• chronic opioid use

• opioid use on day of procedure

• history of fibromyalgia or other diffuse chronic pain syndrome

• pain behavior during the clinical encounter as judged by the injectionist

• anesthetic administration time outside the designated 5-15 second time frame