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Local Anesthesia for Ultrasound Guided Hip Joint Injections: A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of Bacteriostatic Saline Versus Buffered Lidocaine
The purpose of this study is to compare infiltration pain and anesthetic efficacy between lidocaine and Bacteriostatic saline (BS) for ultrasound (US) guided intraarticular hip injections.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Mayo Clinic |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 68 |
| Start date | 2014-08 |
| Completion | 2018-02 |
Conditions
- Hip Pain
Interventions
- bacteriostatic saline
- buffered lidocaine
Primary outcomes
- VAS for Pain Score During Local Anesthesia Infiltration — baseline to 5-10 minutes later -- immediately after local anesthetic injection administration
The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Pain is a validated tool used to measure pain. A 100mm horizontal line anchored by "no pain" (score of 0) and "pain as bad as it could be" (score of 100).
Countries
United States