Effectiveness of Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block and Intra-articular Injection of Ropivacaine for Post-operative Analgesia in Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization Surgery

NHS Grampian

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Analgesia

Treatments: Procedure: Intra-articular Ropivacaine injection; Drug: Ropivacaine; Device: Ultrasound guided technique; Procedure: Interscalene brachial plexus block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01589354

10/S0801/74

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates two anaesthetic techniques namely interscalene brachial plexus block and intra-articular local anaesthetic injection. Both techniques are currently used for providing postoperative pain relief following arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation operation. It will be a randomised controlled trial involving 30 patients in two groups.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adult patients above the age of 18 years undergoing arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation operation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients not meeting inclusion criteria
• Patients unable to give informed consent
• Patient refusal to participate in the study
• Contraindications to Interscalene block
• Allergy to local anaesthetics
• Peripheral neuropathy from any cause
• Patients on opiates for chronic pain
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Interscalene brachial plexus block

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine

Drug: Ropivacaine

Device: Ultrasound guided technique

Procedure: Interscalene brachial plexus block

Intra-articular injection

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Intra-articular Ropivacaine injection

Drug: Ropivacaine

Drug: Ropivacaine