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

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pain focused on measuring Postoperative pain, analgesia, total knee arthroplasty
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Greifswald, Germany