Comparison Between Ultrasound-guided and Landmark-guided Ankle Blocks

• Conditions: Analgesia
• Interventions: Drug: Bupivacaine

• Registration Number: NCT01684774
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

The investigators will be comparing ultrasound-guided (USG) ankle block and anatomic landmark-guided (ALG) ankle block to determine which of these procedures is better in surgical anesthesia and in postoperative pain relief.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-09-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-09-12
• Study First Posted: 2012-09-13
• Last Update Posted: 2012-09-13
• Study Start: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing orthopedic foot operation with osteotomy

Exclusion Criteria

• Skin infection near block injection site
• Allergy to local anesthetics
• Coagulopathy with INR >1.4.
• Dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
I. USG	Bupivacaine	Patients receiving Ultrasound-guided Ankle Block
II. ALG	Bupivacaine	Patients receiving Anatomic Landmark-guided Ankle Block

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Surgical Anesthesia Sufficient	Thirty minutes	Sufficiency of surgical anesthesia will be determined by the presence of a complete sensory or motor block. If general anesthesia needs to be added to achieve operative analgesia, the surgical block will not be deemed sufficient.
Post-operative Pain Relief	Twenty-four hours	Intensity of post-operative pain will be measured by a numerical scale from 0-10 by the patient

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel