NCT00790179View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Continuous Lumbar Plexus Block for Postoperative Pain Control After Total Hip Arthroplasty

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

225

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2003

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2007

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2007

Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

continuous infusion of ropivacaine via CLPB vs. CFB vs IV PCA

"0.5% Ropivacaine bolus of 30 ml. followed by ropivacaine 0.2%at 10 ml/hr via CLPB vs. CFB.~Hydromorphone 0.3 mg demand only every 10 minutes via IV PCA."