Effect of Local Infiltration Anesthesia in a Hip Arthroplasty Fast Track Program.

Hospital Mutua de Terrassa63 enrolled

Overview

Fast-track programs in Orthopaedic Surgery require early motion that can only be achieved by optimal pain management protocols. Multimodal analgesia protocols including local infiltration anesthesia (LIA) have obtained excellent results in fast-track programs involving Total Knee Arthroplasty but further research and data is needed in Total Hip Arthoplasty programs.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hip Osteoarthritis

Interventions

100cc of 2% ropivacaineDRUG

Multimodal analgesia + Local infiltration anesthesia

Saline SolutionDRUG

Multimodal analgesia + Saline solution

Adrenaline 10mcg/mlDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Hip osteoarthritis requiring Total Hip Replacement Exclusion Criteria: * Mental Disorders * contraindications for epidural anesthesia * Neurologic disorders that could interfere with pain evaluation * allergy to drugs in multimodal analgesic protocol

Locations (1)

Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain measured in Visual Analog Scale

Pain assesed using Visual Analog Scale ( Scoring from 0 to 10)

Time frame: Up to 48h postoperatively

Secondary Outcomes

Length of hospital stay

Length of hospital stay measured in days

Time frame: Up to 1 week

Analgesic requirements

Analgesia requirements needed besides protocol medication Measured in miligrams of drug required(Sevredol) Analgesia required by patient

Time frame: Up to 1 week

Complications

Wound dehiscence, Infection, reoperation, dislocation.

Time frame: Up to 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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