Pain Control in Hip Arthroscopy: Comparing Lumbar Plexus Versus Peri-capsular Injection

Prospective, Single Blind Randomzied Controlled Trial Comparing Lumbar Plexus Peripheral Nerve Block Versus Peri-capsular Injection for Hip Arthroscopy

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03244631

Enrollment

Registered

2017-08-09

Start date

2017-09-26

Completion date

2020-02-01

Last updated

2020-02-12

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Conditions

Nerve Block, Hip Arthroscopy

Brief summary

Comparison of lumbar plexus nerve block versus pericapsular injection for pain control during hip arthroscopy

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to compare two different methods of pain control during and after hip arthroscopy surgery. It is not clear which of many different pain control methods are ideal to reduce pain for patients; consequently, the investigators are performing this study to compare the two main choices for pain control commonly used in order to identify if either is superior to the other.

Interventions

PROCEDURELumbar Plexus BLock

Peripheral nerve block

PROCEDUREPericapsular injection

Injection around the area undergoing surgery

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

Prospective randomized

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

25 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient scheduled to undergo hip arthroscopy with Dr. Wolff 2. Patient age between 25 and 60 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient has known allergy to ropivicaine or morphine. 2. Patient unable to speak/read English (No translators available in clinic site). 3. Pregnant female. 4. Patient has a pre-operative narcotic use for hip pain 5. Patient has pre-existing chronic pain disorder (i.e. fibromyalgia)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain score	At the one hour point in the PACU	Compare post-operative pain scores in the immediate post-operative period as defined by visual-analog pain scale at the time point of one hour spent in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Morphine equivalents	At the two hour point in the PACU	Compare the total morphine equivalents of opioids provided in the PACU within the first two hours of time spent in the PACU
Time spent in PACU	Immediately after surgery	Compare the overall time spent in the PACU as defined by time to arrival to time to discharge vitals.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026