Sandy L. Kopp, M.D.

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• Complementary Therapy Toolkits to Decrease Preoperative Anxiety in Gynecological Surgical Patients Rochester, Minn.

  The study’s primary aim is to assess if utilizing a complementary therapy toolkit consisting of aromatherapy, music, and acupressure bands can decrease a patient’s anxiety level prior to gynecological surgery.

• Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Analgesic Efficacy of Single Injection versus Continuous Interscalene Blockade versus Local Infiltration Analgesia for Patients Undergoing Primary Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Rochester, Minn.

  The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of pain control between a single shot interscalene brachial plexus nerve block, a continuous interscalene brachial plexus nerve block, and a local infiltration analgesia. Total shoulder arthroplasty is considered to be a major surgical procedure resulting in severe postoperative pain, especially in the first 48 hours after surgery. The use of interscalene brachial plexus nerve block remains the cornerstone for analgesia following shoulder surgery, however, there has been increasing interest in local infiltration analgesia use for total joint arthroplasty. The benefits of local infiltration analgesia within a comprehensive analgesia clinical pathway have yet to be established.

• Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Continuous Femoral and Single Injection Sciatic Peripheral Nerve Blocks vs Periarticular Injection With Ropivacaine or Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel) on Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty Rochester, Minn.

  The purpose of this study is to evaluate the hypothesis that the investigators current total joint regional anesthesia pathway of continuous femoral nerve block plus single-injection sciatic block with multimodal analgesia (MC1156-462rev0114) is more effective than two other pathways utilizing periarticular local anesthesia injections for numeric rating score (NRS) of pain with movement after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) on postoperative day 1 morning. The periarticular injections include one consisting of ropivacaine and the other consisting of liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel).