Psoas Compartment Block Versus Periarticular Local Anesthetic for Total Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-02
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to examine whether there is a difference in the level of resting pain following total hip arthroplasty with an anterior approach with use of a psoas compartment block versus a local periarticular anesthetic infiltration

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: William Beaumont Hospitals
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Ketorolac; Ketorolac Tromethamine; Morphine; Racepinephrine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing unilateral primary total hip arthroplasty by Dr. James Verner at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak

• Have a diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis (i.e. degenerative joint disease)

• Surgical approach is anterior

Exclusion Criteria:

• Minors (age less than 18 years)

• Pregnant (surgically sterile, post-menopausal, or negative blood test)

• Previous ipsilateral hip surgery

• Lumbar instrumentation

• Acute trauma

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Avascular necrosis

• Hip dysplasia

• Known sensitivity, allergy, or contraindication to anesthetics being used in the study

• Narcotic sensitivity

• History of over 6 months of opioid dependency prior to surgery (excluding tramadol)

• Peripheral neuropathy

• Mental/cognitive impairment that would interfere with the patient's self-assessments of function, pain, or quality of life