Acupuncture for Pain Control After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy
Aim of the study: To investigate whether acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles reduces pain and analgesic requirement and foster mobilization in patients after arthroscopic knee surgery (AKS) Design: Prospective pilot investigation with non-randomized arm Number of patients: N = 60 (30 patients with acupuncture add
| Condition(s) | Postoperative Pain; Knee Arthroscopy; Acupuncture |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Aim of the study: To investigate whether acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles reduces pain and analgesic requirement and foster mobilization in patients after arthroscopic knee surgery (AKS) Design: Prospective pilot investigation with non-randomized arm Number of patients: N = 60 (30 patients with acupuncture additional to standard pain treatment (SPT) vs. 30 patients with SPT only Inclusion criteria: Adult patients scheduled to elective AKS in general anaesthesia with \< 80 min. duration Without previous opioid and psychotropic medication Given informed consentOutcome measures: Postoperative analgesic requirement; Pain intensity; Incidence of side effects; Physiological parameters; Mobilization score |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for elective ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery under standardized general anesthesia 2. Surgery time does not exceed 80 minutes 3. Patients without previous opioid and psychotropic medication 4. Patients aged between 19 and 55 years, able to fill in the study questionnaire (Appendix F) 5. Patients who have given written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current psychiatric disease 2. Local skin infection at the sites of acupuncture 3. Aged \< 19 or \> 55 years 4. Failure to follow the standardized schema of general anaesthesia 5. Surgery time more than 80 minutes 6. Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 6 units of packed cells, c |
| Ages | 19 Years to 55 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | University Medicine Greifswald |
| Locations | Greifswald, Vorpommern, Germany |
| Start date | 2019-02-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT04134702 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04134702 |