NCT01755117

Ultrasound Guided Obturator Nerve Block for Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

Comparison of Posterior Lumbar Plexus Block Plus Sciatic Nerve Block With Sciatic Plus Femoral Plus Obturator Nerve Block for Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Larissa University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Total Knee Replacement can be performed under the combination of posterior lumbar plexus block plus sciatic nerve block. The investigators can have the same outcome by performing instead of posterior lumbar plexus block more peripheral nerve blocks. More specifically under the combination of sciatic nerve block plus femoral nerve block plus obturator nerve block.

Conditions

• Total Knee Replacement
• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sciatic, femoral, obturator nerve blocks
OTHER	Sciatic nerve block, posterior lumbar plexus block

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-12-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2012-12-24
• Last updated: 2014-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece