Evaluation of the Use of Spinal Epimorph in Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the contribution of spinal epimorph to patient's perioperative pain management in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). This study is designed to determine whether spinal epimorph and its associated complications is a necessary addition to provide adequate analgesia given the multimodal approach to pain management. It is hypothesized that perioperative local infiltration with a cocktail of local and systemic analgesics will provide equal analgesia to patients who are given both local infiltration and spinal epimorph perioperatively.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must receive a primary total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to have a spinal anaesthetic

• Intolerance to narcotic pain medication

• Inability to use a Patient Controlled Analgesia

• Revision total knee arthroplasty