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A Comparative Study between Femoral Nerve Block and Saphenous Nerve Block in Enhanced Recovery after Knee Replacement Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia

Phase 1
Conditions
Anaesthesia
Registration Number
PACTR202109797374925
Lead Sponsor
Aya Mahmoud Elghandour
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria

Patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to II of both genders
aged 21-75 years
scheduled for elective knee replacement surgeries under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with clinically significant coagulopathy
Infection at the injection site
Allergy to local anesthetics
Polytrauma patients having lower limb fractures
Patients with pre-existing myopathy or neuropathy on the operating limb
Patients with significant cognitive dysfunction
Chronic analgesic abuser patients

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
to compare the quadriceps muscle power between the two groups, by asking the patient to raise his leg while fixation of the thigh by the examiner and also by a Timed Up-and-Go test (TUG test) during 24 hours postoperative.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative analgesic efficacy in terms of pain scores using Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) ;total Nalbuphine consumption, as a rescue analgesic drug
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