Health Condition 1: null- osteoarthritis knee joint
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18-90 years (adults and elderly) 2. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status 1-3 3. Either gender 4. patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty 5. serum creatinine below 1.5
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Age 90 years 2. Use of general anaesthesia during the operative procedure 3. If indication of surgery is for rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory arthropathy, bilateral TKA or revision of TKA 4. Any contraindications to regional blockage or ropivacaine including but not limited to • Patientâ??s refusal to usage of regional blockade • Infection at the site of needle insertion • Systemic infection • Bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy (as diagnosed by history or laboratory evaluation)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The efficacy of pain management will assessed by a VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) that measures 10 cm. Timepoint: The assessments will be done on post-operative days 1,2 and 3 by a single assessor | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| distance walked on day 1Timepoint: Number of steps walked by the patient on post operative Day 1 morning was recorded;range of movement using goniometerTimepoint: Range of movement was measured on Day 1 after the dressing in morning | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
ORTHOPAEDICS DEPARTMENT, SUNSHINE HOSPITALS