Clinical trial on Spinal Anaesthesia vs. General Anaesthesia (SAGA) on recovery after hip and knee replacements

Ki vehet részt

• 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

Ki nem vehet részt

• 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