NCT02228759

Ambulatory Continuous Adductor Canal Block to Facilitate Same Day Discharge Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients scheduled to undergo total knee arthroplasty will receive motor sparing knee blocks with continuous adductor canal block along with multimodal analgesia started pre-operatively and continued into the postoperative period. The study will evaluate the feasibility of home discharge within the first 24 hours following total knee arthroplasty. We will also evaluate the pain scores in the first 5 days following the surgery, causes of delayed discharge and any adverse events.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Adductor canal block	All patients will recieve fast tracking with reduced fasting times, multimodal analgesia and adductor canal block

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2014-08-29
• Last updated: 2017-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada