Arthroplasty Complications
Conditions
Brief summary
Post operative pain (POP) is a major obstacle on the road to healing, despite the increasing interest in postoperative pain management and development of pain control modalities (1). Postoperative pain is still insufficiently treated with more than 50% of patients suffering from moderate to severe pain early after surgery .Pain after orthopedic surgery is considered especially difficult to manage. Approximately half of total knee or hip arthroplasty patients present with extreme pain immediately after surgery. Total knee and hip arthroplasty often results not only in severe perioperative pain and debilitation, but chronic pain, joint stiffness, and functional disability many months or even years following the procedure. Various modalities of treating orthopedic POP exist, but the optimal management of postoperative pain remains controversial with no clear consensus of the best method.We suggest that acupuncture can be an effective treatment for post operative pain after total knee or hip arthroplasty.
Interventions
OTHERacupuncture
acupuncture for post operative pain
Sponsors
Ziv Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* signed informed consent, above 18 years of age, about to undergo total knee or hip arthroplasty
Exclusion criteria
* Known mental disease, active cancer disease, coagulopathy, Hepatitis B,C.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| average post operative pain during time of hospitalization | average pain score during 5 days following operation | post operative pain will measured twice daily - morning and afternoon during hospitalization time. patients will be asked to rate thier pain on a visual analog scale ranging from 0- no pain to 10 - severe pain |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed