Peripheral Nerve Block Anaesthesia for Ankle Fracture Surgery - an Exploratory Study: Is Rebound Pain a Problem?

NCT02100098 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2015-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this exploratory study is to characterize the postoperative pain profile of patients undergoing operation with internal fixation of an ankle fracture under nerve block anaesthesia. Special attention is payed towards the possible existence and clinical relevance of a rebound pain phenomenon upon cessation of the nerve block.

Results are used to guide the set up of a randomized controlled trial on the subject.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Herlev Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rune Sort, MD · Department of Anaesthesiology, Herlev Hospital

  • Ann M Møller, Prof., DMSc · Department of Anaesthesiology, Herlev Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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