Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-08-31

Study Completion Date

2004-08-31

Brief Summary

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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 effects in patients after ambulatory knee arthroscopy

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Postoperative Pain

Keywords

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Acute pain postoperative pain auricular acupuncture

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Interventions

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Auricular acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for ambulatory knee arthroscopy under general anesthesia.
2. Surgery time does not exceed 60 minutes.
3. Patients without previous opioid and/or psychiatric medication.
4. Patients ranged 16-65 years old.
5. Patients able to use Visual Analogue Scale-100 for pain intensity measurement.
6. Patients who have given informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant or nursing females.
2. Recidivist alcoholics and/or patients with history of psychiatric disease.
3. Local or systemic infection.
4. Age \< 16 and \> 65 years.
5. Surgery time more than 60 minutes.
6. Inability to use Visual Analogue Scale-100.
7. Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery.
8. Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves (s. Potential risks)
9. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.

Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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Taras I. Usichenko, Assistant Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany

Locations

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Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Greifswald, Germany

Greifswald, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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III UV 23/03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id