A study to find out whether ultrasound guided regional anesthesia at he level of the knee acts faster if the nerve supplying sensations to the foot is blocked by a local anesthetic drug before or after it splits into two branches.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/016951
- Lead Sponsor
- St Johns Medical college Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Consenting Adults aged 18-60 years, undergoing elective & emergency lower limb procedures which can be performed under Popliteal nerve block
2.Weight range 40-80 kgs.
3.Adults belonging to either sex of ASA Grade 1,2 or 3.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with pre existing neurological disorders (peripheral neuropathy or motor weakness)
2.Known history of hypersensitivity to drugs used.
3.History of significant cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic or central nervous system diseases.
4.Infection at the site of the block.
5.History of coagulopathy or anticoagulant medication intake.
6.Pregnant or lactating women
7.If the area to be operated upon is higher than the distal two thirds of the leg.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset of action of sensory and motor nerve blockTimepoint: From the injection of the drug to the time when the patient is unable to feel the needle prick, From the injection of the drug to the time when the patient is unable to dorsiflex or plantarflex the ankle joint of the affected side.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method time taken for the block procedure between the two groups .Timepoint: From the time of placing the ultrasound probe on the patients body to completion of injection of the local anesthetic drug.