Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction, Anterior Cruciate Ligament/Surgery
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare opioid consumption among patients who receive a binary pain scale compared to those who receive a standard 10-point pain scale after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery.
Interventions
OTHERBinary pain questionnaire
Post-operative questionnaire that asks if pain is 'tolerable' or 'intolerable'
OTHERNumerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Standard 10-point pain scale used post-operatively to assess pain
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18+ * Undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery at Stanford Sports Medicine Redwood City, with autograft or allograft, with or without concomitant meniscal repair.
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant women * Surgical history of the operated knee * Known allergy to opioid medications * Received extra-routine pain care (as compared with the average ACL patients at the Sports Medicine division) given by the anesthesiologists, such as the postoperative epidural analgesia or the ultra-sound guided femoral nerve block.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of opioid medication used post-operatively for 14 days | 14 days post-surgery |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORTodd Alamin, MD
Stanford University
Outcome results
None listed