Three Different Approaches for Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Orthopedic |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Orthopedics / Podiatry |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 90 |
| Updated: | 9/15/2017 |
| Start Date: | December 2011 |
| End Date: | December 2018 |
A Randomized, Single Blind Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Approaches for Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Patients scheduled to have a surgery for Total Knee Arthroplasty will be assigned to one of
three groups, each group will use a different approach using the ultrasound to guide the
femoral nerve block as part of their treatment for controlling pain post-operatively.
three groups, each group will use a different approach using the ultrasound to guide the
femoral nerve block as part of their treatment for controlling pain post-operatively.
This will be a prospective, single-blinded, randomized study. The patients will be randomly
assigned to one of three groups:
Group I - single shot femoral nerve block Group II - continuous femoral nerve block - non
stimulating catheter Group III - continuous femoral nerve block - stimulating catheter
assigned to one of three groups:
Group I - single shot femoral nerve block Group II - continuous femoral nerve block - non
stimulating catheter Group III - continuous femoral nerve block - stimulating catheter
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18- 90 years old
- Scheduled for total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria:
- Redo surgery on the same knee
- BMI ≥45
- Radicular pain in the same leg
- Allergy to local anesthetics
- Opioid habituation
- Pregnancy
- Contraindication to regional block
- Inability to communicate with hospital staff or investigators.
- Neuropathy of any etiology in the surgical extremity.
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