Spinal Anaesthesia vs. General Anaesthesia for THA, TKA and UKA
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to investigate the postoperative recovery
following hip and knee arthroplasty procedures depending on the use of either spinal
anaesthesia (SA) or general anaesthesia (GA).
The main questions are:
- Are more patients able to be safely mobilized within 6 hours postoperatively when using
GA compared to SA?
- Does postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, dizzyness, occurence of delirium and
urinary retention differ between the anaesthetic methods?
Participants, scheduled for total hip, total knee and unicomartmental knee arthroplasty, will
be randomized to recieve spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthesia in relation to surgery. At
6 hours postoperatively a physiotherapist will conduct a 5-meter walking test to evaluate
whether the participant can be safely mobilized.