An interventional study of Ropivacaine perineural injection and morphine and ropivacaine in Postoperative Pain Treatment for Total Knee Arthroplasty, sponsored by Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa. Completed at 1 site in Portugal. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-02-05.
Sponsored by Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
Single-shot femoral nerve block is similar to continuous epidural technique for postoperative analgesia in total knee arthroplasty
5,089 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,137 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 75 across 4,341 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Efficacy compared to epidural
Drug: Ropivacaine perineural injection
Continuous epidural perfusion
Drug: morphine and ropivacaine
Ultrasound guided single-shot femoral nerve block
Continuous epidural analgesic perfusion Epidural perfusion with morphine and ropivacaine.
Pain Score on the numeric pain score
Patients will be evaluated at 48 hours. At these time frame pain score at rest and during movement will be accessed.
Time frame: 48 hours
Side effects as a measure of safety and tolerability
Side effects of both interventions. Number of patients with side effects like nausea, vomiting, hypotension and pruritus.
Time frame: 48 hours
Rescue analgesic consumption.
Opioid rescue needs in the first 48 hours after surgery.
Time frame: 48 hours
Patients satisfaction.
Evaluation of patient´s satisfaction with pain control (asking the patient to classify the grade of satisfaction).
Time frame: 48 hours
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