The clinical efficacy of a continuous psoas compartment - sciatic nerve block in patients undergoing a total hip arthroplasty.
Completed
- Conditions
- total hip arthroplasty and peripheral nerve block10023213
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON35115
- Lead Sponsor
- De Heel - Zaans Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia
ASA I-II (American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-II)
age > 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
contra indications for peripheral nerve blocks (coagulopathies, infection at puncture site, allergy for local anesthetics).
allergy to contrast agents.
patients not being able to proper communication (dementia)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Pain scores (Numeric Rating Scale, whereby 0= no pain and 10=worst pain<br /><br>imaginable.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Sensory block (numer of dermatomes with a loss of cold sensation tested by<br /><br>application of a ice-cube).<br /><br><br /><br>Motor block: Bromage Scale (0=no block, 3 = total block).<br /><br><br /><br>Opioids consumption via teh Patient Controlled Analgesia pump. (mg morphine/day)<br /><br><br /><br>Patient satisfaction: Numerieke Rating Scale of satisfaction.</p><br>