Status:
COMPLETED
Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy
Lead Sponsor:
University Medicine Greifswald
Conditions:
Postoperative Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
16-65 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The aim was to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute postoperative pain and in reduction of analgesics consumption on demand and their side effec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for ambulatory knee arthroscopy under general anesthesia.
- Surgery time does not exceed 60 minutes.
- Patients without previous opioid and/or psychiatric medication.
- Patients ranged 16-65 years old.
- Patients able to use Visual Analogue Scale-100 for pain intensity measurement.
- Patients who have given informed consent.
Exclusion
- Pregnant or nursing females.
- Recidivist alcoholics and/or patients with history of psychiatric disease.
- Local or systemic infection.
- Age \< 16 and \> 65 years.
- Surgery time more than 60 minutes.
- Inability to use Visual Analogue Scale-100.
- Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery.
- Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves (s. Potential risks)
- Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
August 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00233857
Start Date
August 1 2003
End Date
August 1 2004
Last Update
February 28 2011
Active Locations (1)
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1
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Greifswald, Germany
Greifswald, Germany, 17487