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Ultrasound Guided Ankle Block Versus Medial Forefoot Block for Forefoot Surgery

NCT01386320 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Forefoot surgery includes bunion surgery and similar reconstructive bone cutting surgery and is very painful. Local anaesthetic nerve blocks have been used for many years to help alleviate pain following this surgery. The present study aims to compare a new ultrasound guided nerve block to a well established nerve stimulator guided technique. Comparisons will include time taken to carry out the block, speed of onset of numbness and duration and quality of pain relief after surgery.

Conditions

  • Pain Relief After Forefoot Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound guided ankle block

Under ultrasound guidance, block of the tibial nerve, superficial and deep branches of the common peroneal nerve and saphenous nerves will be carried out using 12 mls 0.5% levobupivacaine and 12 mls 0.75% levobupivacaine.

PROCEDURE

Medial forefoot block

Using peripheral nerve stimulator guidance, the tibial and common peroneal nerves will be blocked ( plus the saphenous nerve ), using a total of 12 mls 0.75% levobupivacaine and 12 mls 0.5% levobupivacaine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew J Coe, FRCA · Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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