Status:

COMPLETED

Ultrasound-guided Blocks for Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

Lead Sponsor:

Jens Borglum Neimann

Conditions:

Postoperative Pain

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

In this study, we wish to investigate the effect of ultrasound (US) -guided block of the saphenous nerve (SN) and the posterior branch of the obturator nerve (ONP) on postoperative pain and the use of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Planned ambulatory knee arthroscopy, except cruciate ligament surgery
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 1-3

Exclusion

  • Cannot cooperate
  • Do not speak or understand Danish
  • Daily use of opioid analgesics
  • Allergy towards any of the drugs used in the investigation
  • Medicine abuse (at the investigators discretion)
  • Alcohol abuse, as defined by the National Board of Health
  • General anesthesia contraindicated, or the patient wants spinal anesthesia
  • Visualization of necessary structures by ultrasound not possible, or block not possible for other technical reasons

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01837394

Start Date

August 1 2012

End Date

September 1 2013

Last Update

November 6 2013

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Department of Anesthesiology, Bispebjerg Hospital

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2400