Clinical trial on Spinal Anaesthesia vs. General Anaesthesia (SAGA) on recovery after hip and knee replacements
Key facts
- Phase
- Phase 4
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Trial details
- Who runs it
- Hvidovre Hospital
- Trial code
- EU 2022-501221-21-00
- Record updated
- 3 December 2024
- Original description
Investigating whether or not participants are able to safely and independently walk 5 meters (also when using walking aid) within 6 hours of surgery depending on the type of anaesthesia used.Read full original descriptionShow less
Randomized trial on Spinal Anaesthesia vs. General Anaesthesia (SAGA) on recovery after total hip, total knee, and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Investigating whether or not participants are able to safely and independently walk 5 meters (also when using walking aid) within 6 hours of surgery depending on the type of anaesthesia used.
Inclusion: Clinical and radiological knee osteoarthritis meeting the indications for primary total hip, total knee or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. ≥18 years of age. Able to speak and understand Danish. Able to give informed consent and must be cognitively intact.
Exclusion: Lives in an institution. Uses walking aid such as a walker or a wheelchair. Terminal illness. Has contraindications for either general or spinal anaesthesia. Has objections to receiving either general or spinal anaesthesia. Requires anxiolytics as premedication prior to anaesthesia. Traumatic aetiology as a basis for surgical indication. Altered pain perception and / or neurologic affection due to diabetes or other disorders. Daily preoperative use of opioids > 30 mg of morphine milligram equivalents (MME). Standard primary arthroplasty procedure is evaluated not to be suitable.