gonarthrosis
Conditions
Interventions
General anesthesia+epidural block
General anesthesia+femoral nerve bock
Sponsors
TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: After obtaining institutional ethics committee approval (Saitama Social Insurance Hospital, #112, 12 October 2007, patients scheduled to undergo primary TKA were invited to participate in the study. Written informed consent was obtained from all study subjects.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included the following: inability to give informed consent for language or cognitive reasons; contraindications for neuraxial blockade, including patient refusal and platelet count of <100,000 cells.ul-1; contraindications for epidural block, such as current therapy with anticoagulant drugs or infection overlying the proposed injection site; and contraindications to any of the study drugs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We compared the total doses of fentanyl and ropivacaine administered during surgery, and also evaluated complications and postoperative pain using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at rest and during movement for the first 3 postoperative days (PODs). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMITSHARU KODAKA
Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, Medical Center East Department of Anesthesiology
Outcome results
None listed