Regional or General Anesthesia for Distal Radius Fracture Surgery in a Day Surgery Setting

NCT02495688 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2018-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare general and regional anesthesia with regard to postoperative pain in patients who undergo surgery in a day surgery setting due to a displaced distal radius fracture.

Conditions

  • Distal Radius Fracture
  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Regional anesthesia

Standard supraclavicular brachial plexus nerve block. Ultrasound-assisted. By an anesthesiologist. A mix of short- and medium lasting local anesthetics will be used.

PROCEDURE

General anesthesia

Standard procedure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anders Enocson, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-23
Primary Completion
2016-11-12
Completion
2017-05-16

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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