A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial of the Immediate Post-operative Intra-articular Local Anaesthetic Infusion Using Infusion Pump in Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ISRCTN	ISRCTN32365985
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN32365985
Protocol serial number	N0035118427
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding

Prospectively registered

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Not provided at time of registration

Mr Vijesh Rao
Scientific

Orthopaedic Research Fellow
Basildon University Hospital
Nethermayne
Basildon
SS16 5NL
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To determine whether a local infusion of Bupivacaine provides more efficient and cost effective postoperative analgesia than current standard practices
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Signs and Symptoms: Pain
Intervention	Local infusion of Bupivacaine provides vs current standard practices
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Pain assessment, amount of analgesic used, amount of opioid analgesic used and its side effects, length of inpatient stay, cost of surgical procedure
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	30/09/2004

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	50
Key inclusion criteria	50 patients undergoing total knee joint arthroplasty
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	30/09/2002
Date of final enrolment	30/09/2004

Orthopaedic Research Fellow

Basildon
SS16 5NL
United Kingdom

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