Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

University Medicine Greifswald120 enrolled

Overview

The aim was to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute postoperative pain and in reduction of analgesics consumption on demand and their side effects in patients after ambulatory knee arthroscopy

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Auricular acupuncturePROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for ambulatory knee arthroscopy under general anesthesia. 2. Surgery time does not exceed 60 minutes. 3. Patients without previous opioid and/or psychiatric medication. 4. Patients ranged 16-65 years old. 5. Patients able to use Visual Analogue Scale-100 for pain intensity measurement. 6. Patients who have given informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or nursing females. 2. Recidivist alcoholics and/or patients with history of psychiatric disease. 3. Local or systemic infection. 4. Age \< 16 and \> 65 years. 5. Surgery time more than 60 minutes. 6. Inability to use Visual Analogue Scale-100. 7. Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery. 8. Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves (s. Potential risks) 9. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.

Locations (1)

Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Greifswald, Germany

Greifswald, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative ibuprofen requirement after the surgery

Secondary Outcomes

Pain intensity assessed by patients on VAS-100 ; total piritramide requirement in anesthesia recovery room; incidence of analgesia-related side effects

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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