Postoperative Analgesia After Elective Hip Surgery - Effect of Obturator Nerve Blockade

Postoperative Analgesia After Elective Hip Surgery - Effect of Obturator

The study investigates the effect of an obturator nerve block on the postoperative pain and opioid consumption after total hip replacement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients for primary hip replacement in spinal anesthesia
• Age >= 18 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification score I-III
• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lacking the ability to corporate
• Lacking the ability to speak danish
• Planned discharge on the same day of surgery
• Neuropathy of the lower extremities
• Contraindications for NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID)
• Contraindications for dexamethasone
• Chronic opioid demanding pain
• Pregnancy
• Allergy towards one or both investigatory medicinal products
• Active treatment with amiodarone
• Active treatment with verapamil
• Active treatment with corticosteroids