NCT01198340

Evaluation of Optimal Dose of Local Anesthetics for Patient Controlled Continuous Femoral Nerve Block

Evaluation of Optimal Dose of Local Anesthetics for Patient Controlled Continuous Femoral Nerve Block With Sciatic Nerve Block After Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Okayama University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate an analgesic effect without basal administration of local anesthetics for patient-controlled femoral nerve block (with sciatic nerve block) after total knee arthroplasty.

Conditions

• Arthropathy of Knee Joint

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	PC-FNB with basal administration of local anesthetics	Administration of 0.2% ropivacaine for femoral nerve block with 3 ml/h of basal dose, 5ml bolus by the patient, 60 minutes of lock out time.
PROCEDURE	PC-FNB without basal local anesthetics	Administration of 0.2% ropivacaine for femoral nerve block without basal dose, with 8 ml bolus by the patient, 60 minutes of lockout time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2010-09-10
• Last updated: 2011-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Japan