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Nerve Blocks With Dexamethasone and Local Anaesthetic to Improve Postoperative Analgesia

NCT02436694 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2015-11-26

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Summary

Can the association of dexamethasone to the local anaesthetic in a single-shot femoral and sciatic nerve block improve analgesia postoperatively in patients submitted to total knee arthroplasty? Primary aim: Evaluate the efficacy of the association of dexamethasone to the local anaesthetic in a SSFNB and SSSNB in reducing pain scores, assessed by VAS.

Outcome measures: Mean pain scores in both groups. Secondary aims: Evaluate opioid consumption in the postoperative period (8- 12h, 24h, 48h) and assess incidence of side effects and complications (numbness, paraesthesias, weakness, site infection, haematoma and falls).

Conditions

  • Nerve Block

Interventions

DRUG

Local Anesthetic ropivacaíne

Femoral and sciatic nerve block with ropivacaíne

DRUG

Perineural Dexamethasone

Addition of perineural dexamethasone to local anesthetic for femoral and sciatic nerve block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro Hospitalar do Porto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raul carvalho, MD · Centro Hospitalar do Porto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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