Topical Anesthesia for Removal of Stitches After Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Lidocaine patch is a safe and effective topical anesthetic agent for removal of metal staples after total knee replacement

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

1. Males and females, aged 50-100 years

2. The patients who undergo primary total knee replacement (performed by the same surgeon, Dr.Jiang)

3. Clear consciousness

4. No contraindication for staple removal on the post-operative day 7

Exclusion criteria:

1. Allergy to lidocaine

2. Patient with second or third degree atrio-ventricular block

3. Patients with severe Sinoatrial node block

4. Patients taking class I antiarrhythmia drugs

5. Pregnant patients

6. Patients undergoing revision total knee replacement

7. Contraindication for removal of staples on post-operative day 7