Does continuous epidural infusion as post-operative analgesia alter outcomes in patients undergoing joint arthroplasty?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN16744195
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16744195
Protocol serial number	N0211117958
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust (UK)

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Mr John Stones
Scientific

Royal Surrey County Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford
GU2 7XX
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Does continuous epidural infusion as post-operative analgesia alter outcomes in patients undergoing joint arthroplasty?
Study objectives	Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Signs and Symptoms: Pain
Intervention	Group 1 - epidural Group 2 - patient-controlled analgesia
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure(s)	Pain score, side effects, patient satisfaction, demographics, time to discharge, blood loss, deviance from the integrated care pathway, loss of movement, time to mobilisation.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/12/2003

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Not Specified
Key inclusion criteria	Adult elective primary artheroplasty patients
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/11/2002
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2003

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford
GU2 7XX
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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