Opioid-Free Orthopaedic Surgery

Summary

To compare the safety and effectiveness of two pain control pathways following routine orthopaedic surgical procedures (single level or two-level ACDF/ACDA, 1st CMC arthroplasty, Hallux Valgus/Rigidus corrections, diagnostic knee arthroscopies, total hip arthroplasty, and total shoulder arthroplasty / reverse total shoulder arthroplasty). The control group will undergo surgery with an opioid-based pain protocol and the intervention group will undergo surgery with a multimodal, opioid-free protocol. Patients will have data collected with respect to pain scores, overall comfort level, overall satisfaction with the surgical experience and recovery, constipation, falls, and overall satisfaction with pain control, in addition to procedure-specific outcome scores and patient-specific metrics.

Timeline

Start

2018-03-26

Primary completion

2021-07-21

Completion

2024-12-31

Publications

• Shing EZ, Leas D, Michalek C, Wally MK, Hamid N. Study protocol: randomized controlled trial of opioid-free vs. traditional perioperative analgesia in elective orthopedic surgery. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Jan 23;22(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-03972-9.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.