Multimodal Drug Infiltration in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Is Posterior Capsular Infiltration Worth the Risk?
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Multimodal local anesthetic infiltration (LAI) provides effective pain control in patients
undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Some surgeons avoid posterior capsular infiltration
(PCI) for fear of damaging posterior neurovascular structures. Data are limited on the added
benefits of PCI using different combinations of local anesthetic agents. Therefore, the
investigator wanted to know the effectiveness of pain control in LAI with and without PCI.
Half of participants received LAI with PCI, while the other half received LAI without PCI
during total knee arthroplasty.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Thammasat University
Collaborator:
Krit Boontanapibul
Treatments:
Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Bupivacaine Epinephrine Ketorolac Morphine