Assessment of quality of pain relief provided by injecting drugs that numb pain through a thin tube placed around the nerve supplying leg and foot for wound dressing in the hospital ward
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 35
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with wound in the lower limb below the knee
2. American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical status classification 1 - 4
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with wound predominanty in the saphenous component of the leg
2. Coagulopathy
3. Local infection at the catheter infection site
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain assessment by Verbal Numeric Rating Scale during wound dressingTimepoint: After 30 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Degree of motor blockTimepoint: At 30 minutes;Degree of the sensory blockTimepoint: At 30 minutes;Duration of analgesiaTimepoint: Assessed every second hourly after dressing;Duration of sensory motor conduction blockadeTimepoint: Assessed every second hourly after dressing;Incidence of catheter displacementTimepoint: Everyday;Incidence of catheter failureTimepoint: Assessed during dressing everyday;Incidence of catheter leakageTimepoint: Everyday;Incidence of catheter related local infectionTimepoint: Everyday;Number of catheter daysTimepoint: At the time of catheter removal;Rescue analgesic requirementTimepoint: Every 24 hours