NCT01409460

Obturator Nerve Block With Femoral and Sciatic Block

Is an Obturator Nerve Block Required for Every Patient Having Total Knee Arthroplasty With Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Trinity Health Of New England · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how many patients require the addition of the obturator nerve block in the recovery room after the total knee surgery. Also to study the efficacy of blocking the obturator nerve in controlling their knee pain.

Conditions

• Nerve Block; Pain Medication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Oburator Nerve block	Use of selective pain block.
PROCEDURE	Sham Injection in pectineus muscle.	Five minutes after the sham block pain was assessed in these patients. If pain score was 5 or greater a true obturator nerve block was performed on these patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-07-01
• First posted: 2011-08-04
• Last updated: 2011-08-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States