Patients are randomized to receive pain control after Total Knee Arthroplasty with either a regional pain catheter or a local intraarticular pain catheter. Pain, analgetic use and mobility is asessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
140
Regional pain catheter
Local intraarticular pain catheter
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany
pain
Pain on Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: daily until day 7 after surgery
analgetics
Use of additional analgetics
Time frame: daily until day 7 after surgery
Mobility
grade of mobility
Time frame: daily until day 7 after surgery
Function
Knee Society Score
Time frame: preoperative, 3 month, 1 year
Patient reported outcome
Oxford Knee Score
Time frame: preoperative, 3 month, 1 year
Quality of Life
EQ 5D
Time frame: preoperative, 3 month, 1 year
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