The Effect of Intravenous Tranexamic Acid and Interscalene Block Applied on Shoulder Arthroscopy

Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Nerve Block; Tranexamic Acid

Treatments: Other: general anesthesia; Drug: tranexamic acid; Other: interscalene block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04419246

Bursa BYIERH

Details and patient eligibility

About

Nerve blocks are used for pain and surgery after many operations today. It has been demonstrated by studies that the amount of postoperative bleeding decreases. On the other hand, surgical teams can use additional medications, such as Tranexamic acid, which have been proven by different studies that have reduced bleeding during and after arthroscopic surgery.

Full description

The investigators aimed to investigate the effect of interscalene block application and tranexamic acid on bleeding in shoulder arthroscopy operation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who were in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-III class
• underwent elective shoulder arthroscopy
• Patients with consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• history of arterial or venous thromboembolic disease
• Bleeding diathesis disorder
• Allergy to local anesthetics
• cardiac stent placement

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Group I

Active Comparator group

Description:

interscalene block + General anesthesia

Treatment:

Other: general anesthesia

Other: interscalene block

Group T

Active Comparator group

Description:

Tranexamic acid +General anesthesia

Treatment:

Drug: tranexamic acid

Other: general anesthesia

Group S

Sham Comparator group

Description:

General anesthesia

Treatment:

Other: general anesthesia