Postoperative Pain After Volar Plating for Distal Radius Fractures

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Study Completion Date

2009-04-30

Brief Summary

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The investigators undertook to evaluate early postoperative pain levels after the volar plating of distal radius fractures performed under regional anesthesia, and to determine whether periarticular multimodal drug injections into the joint, ligament, periosteum, subcutaneous tissue, and skin, and into interosseous and superficial radial nerves (as an additional sensory nerve block) provide additional pain management benefits.

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Detailed Description

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To evaluate whether periarticular injections (PI) had additional pain management benefits, patients were randomly allocated to two groups, that is, the PI and No-PI groups, using a randomization table. Members in the PI group received intra-operative periarticular injections and additional sensory nerve blocks just before skin closure. For the periarticular injections and additional sensory block, local analgesic solution was injected into the wrist joint, joint capsule, periosteum, subcutaneous tissue, skin, and around the anterior and posterior interosseous nerves and the superficial radial nerve.

A volume of 2ml was injected into the joint capsule and periosteum, and of 3ml into the wrist joint, subcutaneous tissue, skin and into each nerve. The anterior interosseous nerve was blocked in the course of the pronator quadratus and posterior interosseous nerve in the 4th dorsal extensor compartment.

The mixture of anesthetics consisted of 2 ampules of ropivacaine HCl (Naropin®, 0.75%, 7.5mg/ml, 20ml/ⓐ), 1 ampule of morphine sulfate (5mg/ⓐ), 1 ampule of epinephrine HCL (1mg/ml, 1ml/ⓐ) and normal saline 20cc.

Conditions

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Distal Radius Fractures

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Study Groups

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periarticular injection, pain level

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

periarticular anesthetics injection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Members in the PI group received intra-operative periarticular injections and additional sensory nerve blocks just before skin closure . For the periarticular injections and additional sensory block, local analgesic solution was injected into the wrist joint, joint capsule, periosteum, subcutaneous tissue, skin, and around the anterior and posterior interosseous nerves and the superficial radial nerve. A volume of 2ml was injected into the joint capsule and periosteum, and of 3ml into the wrist joint, subcutaneous tissue, skin and into each nerve.

Interventions

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periarticular anesthetics injection

Members in the PI group received intra-operative periarticular injections and additional sensory nerve blocks just before skin closure . For the periarticular injections and additional sensory block, local analgesic solution was injected into the wrist joint, joint capsule, periosteum, subcutaneous tissue, skin, and around the anterior and posterior interosseous nerves and the superficial radial nerve. A volume of 2ml was injected into the joint capsule and periosteum, and of 3ml into the wrist joint, subcutaneous tissue, skin and into each nerve.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* distal radius fracture with or without a styloid fracture not requiring surgery

Exclusion Criteria

* multiple trauma
* a combined distal radio-ulnar joint instability or a large ulnar styloid fragment requiring fixation
* regularly narcotics user
* those with a psychiatric illness, a major systemic illness or a known allergy or contraindication to opiates or local anesthetics.

Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

89 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No