Management of Postoperative Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty by Using Acupuncture-moxibustion Therapy

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Procedure: Regular therapy; Procedure: acupuncture-moxibustion therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01047384

acupuncture

Details and patient eligibility

About

Orthopedic surgery is reportedly among the most painful surgical procedures. Surgical damage following major orthopedic surgery often involves a large, deep incision with considerable tissue dissection and muscle, bone, and vascular exposure. Post-operative pain after such surgery is exacerbated on movement or by reflex spasms of the muscles, which may delay mobilization, reduce satisfaction, prolong hospitalization, and possibly increase medical costs.

We design a prospective randomized study for postoperative pain control following total knee arthroplasty.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed for surgery of osteoarthritis of knee
• ability to tolerate surgery under general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• refusal or the lack of mental ability to provide informed consent
• neuropathic pain or sensory disorders in the leg requiring surgery
• previous surgery of the knee joint
• coagulation abnormalities
• chronic opioid users
• known history of intolerance to acupuncture-moxibustion therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

acupuncture-moxibustion therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: acupuncture-moxibustion therapy

Regular therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Regular therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Regular therapy