Stduy planned to assess pain relief by giving nerve block during post opreative period in patients operated for lower limb surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients posted for lower limb surgeries under general anaesthesia, spinal anaesthesia or combined spinal epidural anaesthesia.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008842
- Lead Sponsor
- Intramural Funding by Research Cell
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1)Age 18 yrs and above.
2)Patients presenting with fracture neck of femur, inter-trochanteric fracture, fracture shaft femur or other above knee orthopaedic surgeries.
3)Arthritic patients posted for major lower limb surgeries viz. total hip replacement (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR).
4)Patients undergoing any above knee surgical procedure like skin graft from thigh, biopsy from shaft of femur, above knee amputation etc.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patient refusal.
2)Previous femoral bypass surgery.
3)Coagulation disorders (international normalised ratio or activated partial thromboplastin time ratio > 2.5, platelet count < 106 / µL).
4)Allergy to local anaesthetic.
5)Infection at the injection site.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Pain at rest or on movement in first 24 hours after surgery, assessed by Visual Analogue Score (VAS) of four (4) or less.Timepoint: 24 HOURS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Neurological injury to femoral nerve after placement of FIC block. <br/ ><br>2)Numbness in operated and non operated limb in first 24 hours after surgery. <br/ ><br>3)Degree of knee flexion & extension exercise in first 72 hours after surgery. <br/ ><br>4)Time to first ambulation of patient within 72 hours of surgery. <br/ ><br>5)Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 72 HOURS