Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis: Measuring Post-operative Pain to Assess the Potential for Outpatient Surgery.

Hammond, Allan, M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Study type: Observational

Identifiers

NCT01370252

H2011:070

Details and patient eligibility

About

Post-operative pain will be measured using a pain diary for one week post-surgery. The purpose is to test the assumption that the arthroscopic technique leads to less post-operative pain and results in shorter hospital stays when compared to the open technique. It is believed that the arthroscopic technique will result in minimal pain when compared to the open technique, allowing this procedure to be performed as day surgery.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ankle osteoarthritis with adequate bone stock

Exclusion criteria

• Mental or physical inability to consent or answer pain questions, pre-operative or peri-operative morbidity impairing mobility, pre-operative opioid therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or steroids within 24 hours before skin incision, kidney or liver dysfunction, morbid obesity, smoking, significant bony deformity, significant loss of bone stock or diabetes with sensory changes will be cause for exclusion.

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

scope technique

open technique