Efficacy of Epidural Steroid for Controlling Pain After Primary TKA

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine efficacy of epidural steroid for postoperative pain control after TKA

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Thammasat University
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• osteoarthritis of the knee who undergoing unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty

• 50-85 years old

• ASA class 1-3

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to perform epidural anaesthesia

• history of drug allergies: lidocaine, steroid

• renal impairment (CrCl <30 mL/min)

• liver impairment

• cognitive function disorders

• displacement of epidural catheter