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The Association Between a Comprehensive Multimodal Pathway And Pain 0-48 Hours After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Before-and After Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Pathway for Shoulder Pain. Completed, enrolled 140 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Rotator cuff surgery is mostly performed on an outpatient basis, and many patients still experience moderate to severe pain after surgery, despite the use of regional anesthesia and opioids. The specific aim is to determine whether a comprehensive pathway that includes a well-defined regional technique and multimodal analgesia will reduce the worst pain with movement 0-48 hours after block placement compared to the current standard practice. This is a 'before and after' study. We plan to have 70 patients studied prior to initiation of a pathway, and 70 patients studied after initiation of a pathway. Both groups will receive identical postoperative follow-up.
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The study team emphasizes that all components of the pathway are considered standard of care at this institution. The objective of this study is to ensure that the study patients assigned to the pathway will receive these standard of care components. Both groups will receive identical postoperative follow-up.