Evaluation of the Use of Spinal Epimorph in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the contribution of spinal epimorph to patient's
perioperative pain management in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). This study is designed to
determine whether spinal epimorph and its associated complications is a necessary addition to
provide adequate analgesia given the multimodal approach to pain management. It is
hypothesized that perioperative local infiltration with a cocktail of local and systemic
analgesics will provide equal analgesia to patients who are given both local infiltration and
spinal epimorph perioperatively.