Early Mobilization After Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty are randomized to either intrathecal anesthesia, wound infiltration with local anesthetics and standardized postoperative care (NA = neuraxial anesthesia) or general anesthesia, intraoperative glucocorticoids with accelerated postoperative care principles (GA). The study hypothesis is that GA would reduce length-of-hospital stay. Outcome variables are postoperative nausea and vomiting, mobilization rate, pain, requirement of analgesics, and length-of-hospital stay.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Region Skane
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Propofol; Remifentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with osteoarthritis scheduled for TKA at the department of orthopedic surgery, Hässleholm Hospital, Sweden, are eligible for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• body mass index (BMI) > 35 m/kg2,

• prior major knee surgery to the ipsilateral knee,

• ongoing infection, known immunological deficiency or ASA physical status category > IV.