Multimodal Analgesia After Shoulder Arthroscopy

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Joint; Arthroscopy; Analgesia

Treatments: Combination Product: multimodal perioperative pain protocol (MP3)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03427775

818312

Details and patient eligibility

About

This proposal aims to measure the quality of recovery and quality of pain management after shoulder surgery before and after implementation of a multimodal pain protocol.

Full description

Pain management after shoulder surgery remains to be a major challenge. Reliance on a single agent (most commonly opioids) results in increased incidence of side effects. Multimodal pain management refers to the use of multiple drugs that target different components of pain pathway.

Enrollment: 252 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients
• Age 18-80
• Speaks and understands the English language
• Have a phone number
• Scheduled for shoulder arthroscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to read or speak English
• Individuals outside of age range
• Pregnant women
• Persons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections

Trial design

252 participants in 2 patient groups

pre-MP3

Description:

before implementation of the multimodal analgesia protocol

post-MP3

Description:

after implementation of the multimodal analgesia protocol

Treatment:

Combination Product: multimodal perioperative pain protocol (MP3)