The Effect of an Axillary Roll During Total Hip Replacement Performed in the Lateral Decubitus Position on Post-operative Shoulder and Neck Pain (The Axillary Trial).

The AXILLARY project aims to explore the relationship between the use of an axillary roll during surgery performed in the lateral decubitus position and the presence or absence of post-operative shoulder and neck pain. The sample population of this trial will be those patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who are to have an elective total hip replacement at selected site. This project is a randomised controlled single-blinded trial where participants will be assigned to the group who receive an axillary roll, or the group that does not. Patients will then be asked to rate their shoulder and neck pain post-operatively on two separate occasions. The results of this project will provide scientific evidence to support or not support the use of an axillary roll during surgery in the lateral decubitus position.