Pre-emptive Sciatic Bloc to Prevent Lower Limb Phantom Pain
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Interventions
- Procedure: sciatic nerve block
- Registration Number
- NCT00528463
- Lead Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Brief Summary
Phantom limb pain is a complication of amputation. Although pre-empitve epidural analgesia was once thought to prevent such a com plication, recent studies did not demonstrate this. Peripheral blocks are more powerful then epidurals, and can even influence somatotropic representation in the brain. This a prospective case series in which the investigators hope to show a decrease, against historical control, of the incidence of post-operative amputation lower limb phantom pain. The investigators established the block at least 24 hours pre-operative and continue it for at least 2 days. Patient are followed daily for the 1st 3 days and then up to 3 month for the incidence of phantom limb pain. The investigators hope to recruit 30 patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 17
- Patient scheduled for lower limb amputation
- Inability to consent
- Contraindication to peripheral nerve block
- Inability to perform the block
- Inadequate time frame (less than 24 hours prior to surgery)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description sciatic block sciatic nerve block One arm, all patient studied received a block
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence of lower limb phantom pain 3 month post amputation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
CHU
🇨🇦Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada