NCT05439343

Adductor Canal Block and Multimodal Local Infiltration Analgesia in Patients Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty

Comparison of Analgesic Efficacy and Functional Improvement of Adductor Canal Block and Multimodal Local Infiltration Analgesia for Patients After Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with moderate to severe pain after operation. There are twenty thousand patients undertaking TKA annually in Taiwan, and the average length of hospital stay is about seven to ten days. In contrast, the length of hospital stay is only three to six days in some literatures. Adequate pain relief after surgery allows patients to mobilize earlier and easier and rehabilitate to reduce the length of hospital stay. By reducing hospital stay, we can reduce medical expenditure of national health insurance. In addition, effective analgesia can reduce the occurrence of chronic post-surgical pain which would compromise life quality and produce socioeconomic problems. This study tries to find a better solution for postoperative analgesia of TKA for patients in Taiwan. The present clinical study compares the effect of adductor canal block and local infiltration on postoperative analgesia and functional activity after TKA. To assess the outcome of both methods in the same patient, we can have more comparative result of pain score and functional parameters like range of motion of knee joint, time and ability to ambulate. Based on that, we try to find a better option for postoperative analgesia for patients receiving TKA in Taiwan.

Detailed description

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with moderate to severe pain after operation. There are twenty thousand patients undertaking TKA annually in Taiwan, and the average length of hospital stay is about seven to ten days. In contrast, the length of hospital stay is only three to six days in some literature. Some patients choose to receive bilateral TKA simultaneously to avoid repetitive surgery and anesthesia, and are supposed to suffer more than those receiving unilateral TKA. Adequate pain relief after surgery allows patients to mobilize earlier and easier and rehabilitate to reduce the length of hospital stay and postoperative complications. By reducing the length of in-hospital stay and post-operative complication, we can reduce medical expenditure of national health insurance. In addition, effective analgesia can reduce the occurrence of chronic post-surgical pain which would compromise life quality and produce socioeconomic problems. This study tries to find a better solution for postoperative analgesia of TKA for patients in Taiwan. The present clinical study compares the effect of adductor canal block and local infiltration on postoperative analgesia and functional activity after bilateral simultaneous TKA. To assess the outcome of both methods in the same patient, we can have more comparative result of pain score and functional parameters like range of motion of knee joint, muscle power in knee adduction/abduction movement, and time and ability to ambulate. Based on that, we try to find a better option for postoperative analgesia for patients receiving TKA in Taiwan.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
• Analgesia
• Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pain scores (numerical rating scale at rest and motion)	As the primary outcome of the present clinical study, pain scores will be assessed with numerical rating scale at both rest and motion on both knees.
OTHER	Secondary outcomes	Brief Pain Inventory (Short Form), WOMAC Osteoarthritis index, and Lower extremity functional scale will be used as the questionnaires for functional assessment. Rehabilitation physiotherapy will be assessed with knee range of motion (both active and maximal passive), muscle power at abduction and adduction, single leg stance test, six-minute walk test for assessment of the functional recovery of knee joints.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-15
• Primary completion: 2023-03-31
• Completion: 2023-03-31
• First posted: 2022-06-30
• Last updated: 2023-03-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan