Local Infiltration Analgesia for Hip Arthroscopy

Trinity Health Of New England

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Normal Saline Injection; Procedure: Infiltration of local anesthetic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01454518

11-08-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine if ultrasound guided infiltration of local anesthetic solution around the hip joint will provide effective pain control after hip arthroscopy.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hip arthroscopy
• ages 18-80

Exclusion criteria

• history of neurological disease
• diabetes
• pregnancy
• neuropathy
• chronic narcotic use
• allergy to local anesthetic solution
• inability to give consent or cooperate with the study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Infiltration of local anesthetic

Experimental group

Description:

30 ml of ropivacaine 0.5% infiltrated around lateral anterior and medial aspect of hip joint with ultrasound guidance.

Treatment:

Procedure: Infiltration of local anesthetic

Normal Saline Injection

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

injection of 30ml normal saline infiltrated around lateral anterior and medial aspect of hip joint with ultrasound guidance.

Treatment:

Procedure: Normal Saline Injection