General vs Spinal in Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA)
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Miami
About this trial
The purpose of this research is to compare post-operative outcomes from patients undergoing TJA. The study team wants to learn about outcomes like length of hospital stay, post-operative pain scores, post-operative nausea, deep and superficial surgical site infection, periprosthetic fracture (a broken bone that occurs around an orthopaedic implant), implant dislocation, readmission rates, and revision rates.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients undergoing a primary total hip or knee arthroplasty
Subjects must be capable of providing informed consent
English or Spanish speaking
Disqualifiers
Prior lumbar surgery with hardware insertion
Elevated intracranial pressure
Infection at the site of the procedure
Thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- General Anesthesia
- Spinal Anesthesia
Treatment groups
2,396 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov