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PENG vs Intra-articular Injection for Hip Arthroscopy

Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block Versus Intra-articular Injection for Hip Arthroscopy: A Randomized Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04698746
Acronym
PARİAH
Enrollment
72
Registered
2021-01-07
Start date
2021-01-20
Completion date
2024-04-30
Last updated
2024-01-23

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Conditions

Acute Pain, Opioid Use

Keywords

Hip arthroscopy, intra-articular injection, PENG block

Brief summary

Hip arthroscopy is a popular surgical method that is increasingly being used for both intraarticular and extraarticular hip surgeries. Postoperative acute pain is difficult to control in hip surgeries due to the complex nature of hip innervation and the large number of surgical interventions. Optimal treatment of postoperative pain in hip arthroscopy is very important to be able to perform rehabilitation, avoid opioid side effects and minimize unplanned re-hospitalization. Regional anesthesia techniques are widely used because of their proven efficacy in post-surgical pain management and their safety profile that ultimately contributes to early recovery. Many regional techniques such as neuraxial blocks, lumbar plexus block, femoral nerve block, fascia iliac block and intraarticular local anesthetic injection have been used for the treatment of acute postoperative pain. Femoral nerve and fascia iliac blocks have shown good results for long-term post-surgery analgesia. However, the obturator nerve and accessory obturator nerve should be targeted to achieve more effective perioperative pain control. There are studies reporting that pericapsular nerve group block (PENG), which has been defined in recent years, provides effective perioperative analgesia in hip surgeries. In this study, we aim to compare the effectiveness of PENG block and intra-articular local anesthetic injection in hip arthroscopy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPericapsular nerve group block

PENG block will be made with 15 ml 0.5% bupivacaine + 2 mg dexamethasone + 14.5 ml NaCl under US-guidance

PROCEDUREIntra-articular local anesthetic injection

Intra-articular local anesthetic injection will be made with 10 ml 0.5% bupivacaine + 2 mg dexamethasone + 9.5 ml NaCl

Sponsors

Bezmialem Vakif University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* American Association of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I - III * BMI 20 to 35 kg / m2 * Patients scheduled for elective hip arthroscopy * Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who refuse to participate in the study, * Coagulopathy, * Sepsis, * Hepatic or renal insufficiency, * Pregnancy * Allergy to local anesthetic drugs, * Chronic pain condition requiring opioid intake at home, * BMI above 40. * History of psychiatric diseases needing treatment. * Failure of nerve block * Substance abuse history * Hip revision surgery * Underlying neurologic disorder affecting pain perception. * Angina, heart attack, heart failure * Kidney or hepatic insufficiency * Stroke * Gastrintestinal bleeding history

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Postoperative opioid consumptionup to the first 24 hours postoperativelyTotal amount of morphine consumption during the first 24 hours after surgery. Patient controlled analgesia to be inserted.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain intensity score0.5, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 hours postoperatively.Postoperative pain assessed with verbal rating scale (VRS 0: no pain 10:pain as bad as can be ) at 0.5, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 hours postoperatively.
First rescue analgesic timeup to the first 24 hours postoperativelyThe investigators will collect time to first rescue analgesic consumption in each group
Postoperative nausea and vomitingup to the first 24 hours postoperativelyNausea and vomiting intensity score measured by numeric rank score (0:no nausea and no vomiting, 1: have nausea, no vomiting, 2: once vomiting, 3: two or more vomiting).
Patient satisfactionat the end of 24 hours postoperativelyPatient satisfaction measured using a numeric rating scale 0 to 10 (0 = unsatisfied; 10 =very satisfied)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactSerdar Yeşiltaş, Asist Prof.
syesiltas@bezmialem.edu.tr05423632630
Backup ContactYeşiltaş, Asist Prof.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026