Postoperative Pain Control After Hip Hemiarthroplasty: Intrathecal Morphine vs Periarticular Infiltration of Bupivacaine

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2011-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Falls are a common problem in elderly people which they have to receive the operation. Hemiarthroplasty is one of the common orthopedics operations. The prompt operation and good pain control will provide the good recovery and outcome. The investigators compare the efficacy of postoperative pain control between Intrathecal morphine 0.1 milligrams (mg.) with the local infiltration of 0.25% Bupivacaine for 20 milliliters (ml.) in patients received hip hemiarthroplasty under spinal anesthesia.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mahidol University
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age between 18-90 years

• Co-operative, able to use PCA

• ASA classification 1-3

• no contraindication for Spinal Anesthesia

• patient acceptance for spinal anesthesia

• body weight > 30 kg.

• BMI between 20-35

• no history of drug allergy, e.g. Local Anesthetics, Paracetamol, etc.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age > 90 years

• previous Hemiarthroplasty (the same site)

• pathological fracture such as severe infection, bone cancer