Visualization in Shoulder Arthroscopy With and Without Epinephrine

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Conditions studied: Visualization in Shoulder Arthroscopy

In brief

Adequate visualization during shoulder arthroscopy is of great importance for the procedure to be efficiently and effectively performed. The use of dilute epinephrine in irrigation fluid has been historically utilized to help with visualization. Given the potential safety issues documented in the literature related to epinephrine use, as well as the significant improvements in technique and instrumentation over the last decade, the need for this additive should be reexamined. The objective of the current study was to compare surgeon determined visualization in shoulder arthroscopy using irrigation fluid with and without epinephrine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01973699

Run by

St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania

People needed

83

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients requiring shoulder arthroscopy

You may not qualify if…

• none

Where it is running

• St. Luke's University Hospital — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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