Status:

UNKNOWN

The Analgesic Effect of Nitroglycerin Patch for Postoperative Pain After Total Knee Replacement

Lead Sponsor:

Rabin Medical Center

Conditions:

Total Knee Arthroplasty

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Patients who undergo general anestheesia for total knee arthroplasty pften have sever postoperative pain which hinders their rehabilitation. Nitroglycerin patches have been found to cause alleviation ...

Detailed Description

Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty will be randomized into two groups: control and placebo. Eache patient will undergo total knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia. Both groups will get ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion

  • Pshychiatric disorder
  • Allergy to nitroglycerin or morphine
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Migraine headaches
  • Hypotension

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

September 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00375362

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

September 1 2006

Last Update

September 13 2006

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Rabin Medical Center

Petach Tikvah, Israel