Use of Simplified Pain Questionnaire Among People Receiving Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Knee Surgery?

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT07065266

Stanford University130 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare opioid consumption among patients who receive a binary pain scale compared to those who receive a standard 10-point pain scale after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

130

Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Anterior Cruciate Ligament/Surgery

Interventions

Binary pain questionnaireOTHER

Post-operative questionnaire that asks if pain is 'tolerable' or 'intolerable'

Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)OTHER

Standard 10-point pain scale used post-operatively to assess pain

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18+ * Undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery at Stanford Sports Medicine Redwood City, with autograft or allograft, with or without concomitant meniscal repair. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Surgical history of the operated knee * Known allergy to opioid medications * Received extra-routine pain care (as compared with the average ACL patients at the Sports Medicine division) given by the anesthesiologists, such as the postoperative epidural analgesia or the ultra-sound guided femoral nerve block.

Locations (1)

Stanford Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

Redwood City, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Amount of opioid medication used post-operatively for 14 days

Time frame: 14 days post-surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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