Millimeter Wave Therapy (MWT) for Analgesia After Total Knee Replacement

Millimeter Wave Therapy (MWT) Versus Placebo for Analgesia and Wound Healing After Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty - a Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of the study was to test whether the exposure to electromagnetic millimeter waves - Millimeter Wave Therapy (MWT) is effective for relief of acute postoperative pain in patients after elective unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of II or III scheduled for elective TKA
• without previous opioid medication
• patients 35-80 years old able to use PCA pumps and Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity measurement
• patients who have signed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant or nursing females
• recidivist alcoholics
• extremely obese patients (body mass index > 35)
• inability to operate PCA-pump.
• females with the history of unstable angina pectoris (s. Risks for participants)
• patients who are unable to understand the consent form
• systemic infection
• history of psychiatric disease
• necessity to change postoperative analgesic scheme for particular patient
• severe intercurrent disease during the course of MWT