Total Hip Arthroplasty: Multiple Blocks by UltraSound
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-05-01
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Summary
Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty may experience severe postoperative pain. This is
normally treated with opioids, which can cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting,
obstipation and sedation. The hypothesis is that patients receiving peripheral nerve blockade
of three nerves leading pain stimuli from the hip will experience less pain, will consume
less opioid and therefore have less side effects, and will be mobilized more quickly than
patients not receiving the peripheral nerve blockade.