Comparison of the potential short and long term benefits of the use of a continuous popliteal nerve block compared to a single shot technique in patients undergoing surgical repair of ankle fractures

Completed

• Conditions: Surgical repair of ankle fracture; Surgery; Post-surgical pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96057529
• Lead Sponsor: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) class I - III
2. Patients able to give written informed consent
3. Patients awaiting operative repair of an ankle fracture
4. Aged between 18 - 80 years, either sex

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of an allergy to any of the medications used in the study
2. Pregnancy
3. Local infection at site of nerve blockade
4. Any form of neurological dysfunction in lower limbs
5. Patients suffering from severe hypotension such as cardiogenic or hypovolaemic shock or with a serious cardiac arrhythmia

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified