NOCTURNAL PAIN After Knee Arthroplasty : Incidence and Risk Factor: an Observational Study (NOCTURN-PAIN)

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Nocturnal Frequency; Pain, Postoperative; Prosthesis (Internal) Complications; Knee Osteoarthritis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03998943

2019/17AVR/182

Details and patient eligibility

About

In prosthetic knee surgery, there is a certain number of patients with post-operative nocturnal pain. The purpose of our study is to determine the impact of this problem and to better understand its risk factors.

Full description

In prosthetic knee surgery, there is a certain number of patients with post-operative nocturnal pain.

The purpose of our study is to determine the impact of this problem and to better understand its risk factors.

This is a poorly studied issue and the study could better detect, evaluate and treat painful patients after knee replacement surgery.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing elective primary Total knee arthroplasty or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty due to knee joint osteoarthritis
• Older than 18 years
• Willing and able to complete pre and postoperative surveys

Exclusion criteria

• History of drug abuse
• Previous knee arthroplasty
• Mental disorders
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Chronic renal disease
• Chronic hematological diseases (sickle cell disease, haemochromatosis...)