General or Regional Anesthesia for Hip Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether general anaesthesia or regional anaesthesia is best for patients undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Region Skane
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Propofol; Remifentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: patients with osteoarthritis scheduled for surgery

• patients that will require THA

• patients over 45 yrs and under 85 yrs.

• patients that understand the given information and are willing to participate in this study

• patients who have signed the informed consent document.

• patients belonging to ASA class I-III.

Exclusion Criteria:

• prior surgery to the same hip

• patients with a history of stroke, neurological or psychiatric disease that potentially could affect the perception of pain

• obesity (BMI > 35)

• active or suspected infection

• patients taking opioids or steroids

• patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis or an immunological depression

• patients who are allergic to any of the drugs being used in this study