NCT01763814

Three Different Approaches for Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

A Randomized, Single Blind Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Approaches for Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chicago Anesthesia Pain Specialists · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients scheduled to have a surgery for Total Knee Arthroplasty will be assigned to one of three groups, each group will use a different approach using the ultrasound to guide the femoral nerve block as part of their treatment for controlling pain post-operatively.

Detailed description

This will be a prospective, single-blinded, randomized study. The patients will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: Group I - single shot femoral nerve block Group II - continuous femoral nerve block - non stimulating catheter Group III - continuous femoral nerve block - stimulating catheter

Conditions

• Knee Arthroplasty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Femoral nerve block	A visible or palpable cephalad movement of the patella will confirm needle placement.
PROCEDURE	Femoral nerve block non stimulating catheter	A visible or palpable cephalad movement of the patella will confirm needle placement. The catheter will be placed with the nerve stimulator powered off.
PROCEDURE	Femoral nerve block stimulating catheter	A visible or palpable cephalad movement of the patella will confirm needle placement. The catheter will be placed with the nerve stimulator powered on.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-02-01
• Completion: 2019-04-01
• First posted: 2013-01-09
• Last updated: 2019-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States