Multimodal Perioperative Pain Management

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Convalescence after lumbar fusion is dependent on pain. In orthopaedic and abdominal surgery accelerated stay programs with optimized pain management enhance recovery.

The objective is to evaluate the effect of a revised and optimized perioperative fast track program in lumbar fusion surgery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
• Collaborators: Aarhus University Hospital; Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark; Vejle Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Degenerative disc disease and Spondylolisthesis up to grade 2 at one to the three lower lumbar levels.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous fusion, metabolic bone disease, severe comorbidity or psychological instability.