Study to Test the Efficacy of Periarticular Levo Bupivicaine Injection Following Primary Hip Arthroplasty
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The hypothesis of this study is that isolated use of local periarticular levobupivicaine
injection during primary hip arthroplasty would improve post-operative pain control. Patients
were randomised in the operating room to receive either a periarticular infiltration, or a
placebo consisting of Saline. Morphine and analgesic consumption was recorded for each
patient, while the modified McGill pain scale was used to determine the adequacy of analgesia
and the benefit of the peri-articular infiltration. 91 patients were recruited, with 45
patients in the treatment group and 46 controls. The results were assessed after one year,
once all the information from both treatment groups was collected.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Orthopaedic Research and Innovation Foundation Orthopaedic Research and Innovation Foundation, Ireland