Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block Catheter Analgesia Compared With Epidural Analgesia for Patients With Knee OA (Osteoarthritis) Who Underwent Unilateral Total Knee Replacement

• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis
• Interventions: Other: Ultrasound guided femoral nerve block catheter analgesia compared with epidural analgesia for patients with knee OA (osteoarthritis)

• Registration Number: NCT01586429
• Lead Sponsor: King Saud University

Brief Summary

Post-operative pain following total knee replacement can be disabling and sometimes lead to the need for prolonged hospital stay. Therefore development of improved post-operative modalities for total knee replacement surgery pain control is important. High-resolution ultrasound (US) allows accurate visualization of nerves and surrounding structures and can lead to higher success rates of nerve block. The investigators aim at comparing the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided nerve block catheter compared with epidural analgesia for patients with knee OA who underwent unilateral total knee replacement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2012-04-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-25
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Male / female, Bilateral or unilateral knee OA (Osteoarthritis), and ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologist classification) 1 and 2.

Exclusion Criteria

• Bilateral total knee replacement, Revision total knee replacement, previous knee surgery, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Avascular necrosis (AVN) knee, Post traumatic or post infectious OA, ASA3 and 4.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Epidural	Ultrasound guided femoral nerve block catheter analgesia compared with epidural analgesia for patients with knee OA (osteoarthritis)	-
Femoral catheter	Ultrasound guided femoral nerve block catheter analgesia compared with epidural analgesia for patients with knee OA (osteoarthritis)	-

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

King Saud University; 🇸🇦 Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia