Topical Lidocaine After Major Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fracture of Patella; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Knee arthroscopic surgery; Procedure: Sham operation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01509729

N-20110028

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain after major arthroscopic surgery is dependent on an optimal multimodal analgesic treatment.

Full description

Lidocaine is well-known as analgesic treatment on skin and hypodermic veins. Since 1996 it has been documented that topical lidocaine has an analgesic effect 24 hours after surgical treatment.

The aim is to determine a possible reduction in pain after knee arthroscopy with topical lidocaine.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who were planned for reconstruction of anterior crucial ligament, reconstruction of medial patellofemoral ligament and Elmslie-Trillat procedure for patella instability.
• Patients with synovectomies and menisci resection lasting more than 25 minutes.
• Patients > 18 years
• Acceptance of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Patients with a Body Mass index of > 35
• Patients who can not read and understand Danish
• Fertile women who does not use secure contraception

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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21 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Sham operation

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham operation

Knee arthroscopic surgery

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Knee arthroscopic surgery