Status:
COMPLETED
Catheter Orifice Configuration (Six-hole Versus End-hole) on Post-operative Analgesia After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Geneva
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Multiorifice catheters have been shown to provide superior analgesia and significantly reduce local anesthetic consumption compared with end-hole catheters in epidural studies. This prospective, blind...
Detailed Description
Eighty adult patients (aged ≥18 years) scheduled to undergo primary total knee arthroplasty under a combination of continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB), sciatic nerve block and general anesthesia wer...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- every patient accepting a conitnuous femoral nerve catheter
Exclusion
- pregnancy,
- any contraindication to peripheral nerve blockade,
- pre-existing peripheral nerve neuropathy,
- allergy to LA (study medications),
- ASA score ≥4,
- neurologic or neuromuscular disease,
- psychiatric disease,
- renal failure,
- hepatic failure,
- chronic opioid therapy,
- NSAID contraindication,
- inability to use a patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device, g
- enu valgum,
- infection at the injection site or
- withdrawal of consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
72 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03376178
Start Date
May 1 2014
End Date
April 1 2015
Last Update
December 18 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University hospitals of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland, 1211