Intraarticular Analgesia After Total Hip Arthroplasty, a Randomised Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether wound infiltration with following single-shot bolus injection with local anesthetic and NASIDs are effective in the treatment of postoperative pain after total hip replacement compared to continuous epidural infusion.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus
• Treatments: Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Ketorolac; Ketorolac Tromethamine; Morphine; Racepinephrine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted consecutively to primary total hip arthroplasty due to arthrosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unable to provide informed consent

• Patients with contraindications for spinal anesthesia

• Patients with known hypersensitivity towards the used drugs

• Patients with severe chronic neurogenic pain

• Patients with Rheumatoid arthritis

• Patients with a daily opioid consumption