Periarticular Injection Versus Peripheral Nerve Block in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Hip Arthropathy

In brief

This study will assess if preoperative quadratus lumborum block (QLB)/lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (LFCNB) with ropivacaine and glucocorticoids provide more effective analgesia than periarticular injection (PAI) with the same mixture in total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03977454

Run by

Yale University

People needed

192

Starts

2019-11-11

Expected to finish

2021-06-19

Last updated by the study team

2022-09-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Elective unilateral primary THA
• All surgical approaches
• American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) status I, II and III.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal;
• Age less than 18 years
• Those with cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, or non-English speaking patients that cannot consent or communicate clear understanding of the protocol with research team;
• Coagulopathy;

Where it is running

• Yale-New Haven Hospital St Raphael — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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