PNB Anesthesia Improves Older Patients' Postoperative Early Recovery Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia Improves Older Patients' Postoperative Early Recovery Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Retrospective Clinical Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07163598

Enrollment

516

Registered

2025-09-09

Start date

2020-11-01

Completion date

2024-12-30

Last updated

2025-09-09

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Conditions

Femoral Neck Fractures, Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)

Keywords

Total hip arthroplasty, peripheral nerve block anesthesia, QoR-40 score

Brief summary

Early postoperative rehabilitation is an important issue for total hip arthroplasty, especially in older patients. This retrospective clinical trial is to assess the impact of peripheral nerve block anesthesia versus general anesthesia in older patients' early recovery outcomes after total hip arthroplasty.

Interventions

OTHERNo Intervention: Observational Cohort

This study is a observational cohort study, and we have no intervention.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patients aged over 60 years; 2. patients underwent total hip replacement; 3. the surgery was done with ultrasound-guided nerve block alone or under general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

1. patients who failed to the nerve block and were changed to general anesthesia for the operation; 2. patients who lost contact 3 months after surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative QoR-40 scores	1-day and 3-month

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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