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A CLINICAL TRIAL TO COMPARE EFFECT OF ROPIVACAINE BY FEMORAL AND EPIDURAL TECHNIQUE IN PATIENTS OF TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

A COMPARISON OF CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK (CFNB) AND CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL INFUSION (CEI) USING 0.2% ROPIVACAINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA AND KNEE REHABILITATION AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY-A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, CLINICAL STUDY

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/01/006561
Enrollment
40
Registered
2016-01-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT

Interventions

Intervention1: CEI AND CFNB TECHNIQUES: STUDY POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIA AND REHABILITATION AND COMPARE BETWEEN BOTH PROCEDURES FOR SAME Intervention2: 0.2% ropivacaine continuous infusion after TKA via

Sponsors

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND SIR TAKHTSINHJI GENERAL HOSPITAL BHAVNAGAR
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT PRIMARY TKA ASA PHYSICAL STSTUS I II III AND BMI >30KG/M2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PATIENTS REFUSING CONSENT REVISION OR INFECTED TKA BMI >30KG/M2 AGE >80 YEARS PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY ALLERGY TO LA ASA PHYSICAL STSTUS > III CONTRAINDICATIONS TO REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA o Local site infection, o Coagulation disorder, o Previous nerve injury, o Psychiatry illness, o Uncoperative patient.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA (VAS SCORE), RESCUE ANALGESIC REQUIREMENT, ALL REHABILITATION GOAL ACHIEVEMENT WERE ALMOST SIMILAR IN BOTH THE TECHNIQUE. DIFFERENCE IN EACH OUTCOME WAS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT.Timepoint: 2 YEARS

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
PATIENT AND SURGEON SATISFACTION SCORE WERE ALMOST SIMILAR. ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE MORE WITH CEI TECHNIQUE HOWEVER STATISTICALLY DIFFERENCE WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT.Timepoint: 2 YEARS

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR LOPA H TRIVEDI

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND SIR TAKHTSINHJI GENERAL HOSPITAL BHAVNAGAR

TRIVEDI_LOPA@YAHOO.CO.IN9428009958

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026