Quality of Analgesia After Interscalene Block After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Shoulder arthroscopic causes post operative pain that outlasts analgesia provided by single injection nerve blocks.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: North American Institute for Continuing Medical Education (NAICE)
• Collaborators: New York School of Regional Anesthesia; New York School of Regional Anesthesia - NYSORA; Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dutch or English speaking adults

• 18 years or older ASA I-III physical class

• Scheduled for elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of allergy to a local anesthetic

• Baseline neurological deficit

• Medical condition that would make it difficult to assess sensory distribution or communicate with the investigators' staff

• Recent history (< 3 months) of drug or alcohol abuse

• Concomitant opioid therapy

• Preexisting coagulation disorder

• Infection at the injection site

• Pregnancy