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Clinical Trials/NCT02164825
NCT02164825
Completed
Not Applicable

Comparison Between Single-shot Femoral Nerve Block and Epidural Techniques for Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentJanuary 2014

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Ropivacaine perineural injection
Conditions
Postoperative Pain Treatment for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Sponsor
Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa
Enrollment
60
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Pain Score on the numeric pain score
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Single-shot femoral nerve block is similar to continuous epidural technique for postoperative analgesia in total knee arthroplasty

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
January 2014
End Date
August 2014
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Mariana Marques da Cunha

MD

Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Elective total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

  • Coagulopathy
  • Neuropathy
  • Morbid obesity
  • local anesthetics allergy

Arms & Interventions

Single-shot nerve block

Efficacy compared to epidural

Intervention: Ropivacaine perineural injection

Continuous epidural

Continuous epidural perfusion

Intervention: morphine and ropivacaine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Score on the numeric pain score

Time Frame: 48 hours

Patients will be evaluated at 48 hours. At these time frame pain score at rest and during movement will be accessed.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Patients satisfaction.(48 hours)
  • Side effects as a measure of safety and tolerability(48 hours)
  • Rescue analgesic consumption.(48 hours)

Study Sites (1)

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