The purpuse of this study is to asses if the pulsed radiofrecuency of the supraescapular nerve and accesory nerve have the same or superior efectivity controlling the acute postoperative pain than interscalenic braquial plexus block
This is a randomized, double-blind trial that compares the effect in postoperative pain of pulsed radiofrecuency of the supraescapular nerve carried out at least two to four weeks before reverse total shoulder arthroplasty surgery with interscalenic braquial plexus block done at the moment of the surgery. All the patients received conventional general anaesthesia and multimodal postoperative analgesia with additional patient-controlled rescue analgesics were prescribed
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
54
supraescapular nerve radiofrequency or interescalenic braquial plexus for pain control in shoulder arthroplasty surgery
supraescapular nerve radiofrequency or interescalenic braquial plexus for pain control in shoulder arthroplasty surgery
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
Seville, Spain
RECRUITINGVisual analogical scale
Postoperative acute pain measurement. From 0 to 10, Zero means no pain and ten would be the worse pain that the paitient could feel.
Time frame: periodical measurements of pain, inmediate preoperative pain up to three months postoperative
Visual analogical scale
chronic pain after surgery. From 0 to 10, Zero means no pain and ten would be the worse pain that the paitient could feel.
Time frame: 3 months postop. until 1 year postop
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