Selective Block of the Axillary Nerve in Postoperative Pain Management

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In this study the investigators wish to compare the effect of a selective axillary nerve block to placebo in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

It is the investigators hypothesis that the amount of morphine consumption in the first 4 hours postoperatively in the intervention group will be significant lower than in the placebo group.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hillerod Hospital, Denmark
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery

• Age between 18 and 80 years

• ASA 1-3

• BMI between 18 and 35 kg/m2

• Subjects which have given their written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects unable to cooperate to the investigation

• Subjects not understanding or speaking danish

• Subjects allergic to intervention drugs

• Daily use of strong analgesics (morphine, oxycontine, ketogan)

• Alcohol or medicine misuse

• Failure of nerve block