Randomized controlled trial on efficacy of single injection or continuous interscalene brachial plexus block on analgesia in patients having outpatient rotator cuff surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
70
Regional Analgesia INFUSOR system with Patient Control Module for post-operative analgesia
Single injection of 20 ml ropivacaine 0.5%
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
New York, New York, United States
Quality of Life
To describe rehabilitation achievement and quality of life during 24-week follow-up after shoulder arthroscopy and rotator cuff repair, and identify any association between type of anesthesia procedure and patients' quality of life
Time frame: 24 weeks
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