Local Infiltration Versus Block Against Pains After High Tibial Osteotomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to elucidate whether patients operated with high tibia open-wedge osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee can be treated more appropriately, so that both healing and rehabilitation are served optimally.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Planned primary open-wedge high tibia osteotomy

• Patients (male/female) ≥ 18 år

• Patients giving written informed consent and authority.

• Patients receiving epidural anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with intolerance to trial medications

• Rejection of or contraindicated epidural anaesthesia

• Patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

• Patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 35

• Patients that do not read or write Danish