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

NCT00375362 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2006-09-13

No results posted yet for this study

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 of pain especially when used in conjuction with morphine. Therefore we propose placement of a nitroglycerin patch after total kneee arthroplasty surgery and see how it affects pain scores or causes less nedd for morphine after surgery.

Conditions

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty

Interventions

DRUG

Nitroderm patch

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rabin Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonid A Eidelman, MD · Rabin Medical Center

  • Sharon Orbach-Zinger, MD · Rabin Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-07-31
Completion
2006-09-30

Countries

  • Israel

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