Status:
COMPLETED
Saphenous Nerve Block vs. Femoral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Conditions:
Difference Between Femoral Nerve Block and Saphenous Block
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Currently, the regional anesthetic standard of care for total knee replacement surgery is combined spinal/epidural to provide long-lasting pain relief with or without a femoral nerve block (FNB). The ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients ages 40-80 undergoing Bilateral Total Knee Replacement
- Planned use of neuraxial anesthesia
- Ability to follow study protocol
Exclusion
- Contraindication to a spinal or epidural anesthestic
- Not a candidate for bilateral total knee replacement
- Chronic opioid use (defined as daily or almost daily use of opioids for \>3 months)
- Hypersensitivity and/or allergy to local anesthetics
- Intraoperative use of any volatile anesthetic
- Patients with pre-existing neuropathy on the operative limb
- Contraindication to femoral nerve block or saphenous nerve block
- Allergy to any of the study medications
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class 4-5
- Non-English speaking patients
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01505374
Start Date
March 1 2012
End Date
September 1 2013
Last Update
April 14 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States, 10021