NCT03518450

Femoral Triangle Block: Early Mobilization and Postoperative Analgesia After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Early Mobilization and Postoperative Analgesia After Total Knee Arthroplasty, a Prospective Comparative Study: Adductor Canal Block vs. Femoral Nerve Block vs. Apex Femoral Triangle Block

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 78 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this trial is to compare the efficacy of three different nerve blocks as an analgesic option after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), based on muscle strength, mobilization and pain. The Adductor Canal Block has been proposed as an equally effective technique to the Femoral Nerve Block in terms of pain control after a TKA, with the benefit of preserving muscle function. We hypothesize that a block performed at the apex of the femoral triangle would best balance analgesia with quadriceps function.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
• Anesthesia, Conduction
• Pain, Postoperative
• Ultrasonography, Interventional

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Apex Femoral Triangle Block	Nerve block that aims the vastus medialis nerve, the saphenous nerve and the anterior femoral cutaneous nerve.
PROCEDURE	Femoral Nerve Block	Regional anesthetic technique that blocks the sensory and motor information of the femoral nerve (and it's branches).
PROCEDURE	Adductor Canal Block	Interfascial block that targets mainly the saphenous nerve.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-13
• Completion: 2019-10-15
• First posted: 2018-05-08
• Last updated: 2020-01-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain