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Posterior Capsular Injection With Femoral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02701296 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2018-10-03

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Summary

To assess pain control after total knee replacement surgery using two different nerve block techniques. The 2 methods are:

1. Continuous femoral nerve block with ultrasound guided posterior capsular injection
2. Continuous femoral nerve block with ultrasound selective tibial nerve block.

Conditions

  • Posterior Knee Infiltration

Interventions

DRUG

Ropivacaine with Epinephrine

Posterior capsular injection - ultrasound guided infiltration of Ropivacaine with Epinephrine between popliteal artery and capsule of knee above the femoral condyles

DRUG

Ropivacaine

Tibial nerve block - ultrasound selective Ropivacaine tibial nerve block in the popliteal fossa

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Trinity Health Of New England

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sanjay Sinha · Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-07
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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