Does a Single Shot Femoral Nerve Block Alone Produce Appropriate Pain Relief?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-operative Pain
• Interventions: Drug: Femoral Nerve Block; Drug: Combined nerve blocks; Drug: Patient-controlled analgesia

• Registration Number: NCT01303120
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of the analgesic effect of the preoperative femoral nerve block alone versus combined femoral, sciatic, obturator and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve blocks in patients after TKA in the immediate postoperative period.

Detailed Description

Bupivacaine will be used for all the nerve blocks.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-24
• Study Start: 2011-05
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 107

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA I-III
• Undergoing two TKA
• Understanding PCA protocol

Exclusion Criteria

• Skin infection near injection site
• Allergy to local analgesics
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Coagulopathy
• Dementia
• Proven opioid dependency

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Femoral Nerve Block	Femoral Nerve Block	-
Combined Nerve Blocks	Combined nerve blocks	-
Patient-controlled analgesia	Patient-controlled analgesia	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Efficacy of single short femoral nerve block	Three days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel