NCT01447277

Prospective Femoral Versus Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction

The Addition of a Preoperative Sciatic Nerve Block to a Femoral Nerve Block for Ambulatory Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators propose that a preoperative femoral and sciatic blocks vs a femoral block only, prior to ambulatory anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction will lead to a decrease in opiate consumption, pain scores, and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay. The investigators are prospectively randomizing patients to either a femoral or a fem/sciatic block and monitor outcomes.

Detailed description

Although femoral nerve blocks improve analgesia after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, patients often complain of posterior knee pain, which can be treated with a sciatic nerve block. In a prospective randomized study, we compare preoperative femoral nerve block to a combined femoral and sciatic block in patients undergoing ambulatory ACL reconstruction. We hypothesize that the combined femoral/sciatic nerve block patients would have improved analgesia, fewer opioid-related side effects, and shorter PACU length of stay and improved patient satisfaction.

Conditions

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Sciatic Block	Performing a sciatic block in addition to a femoral block preoperatively
PROCEDURE	Femoral Block only	Performing a preoperative sciatic nerve block only

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2011-10-06
• Last updated: 2020-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States