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Ultrasound-guided Genicular Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty (GenTKR)

NCT04024319 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2019-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Knee Osteoarthritis affects one third of the population over 65 years old. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become one of the most frequent surgical procedures in the world. During the last years it went from being a long hospital stay surgery to a fast track procedure. Currently models employ high volume local infiltration techniques (LIA). The genicular nerve block (GNB) appears as alternative in this patients.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the analgesic results of genicular nerve block after TKA in a small cohort of patients.

35 patients scheduled for TKA underwent to GNB were included. Pain measurement.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Knee Pain Chronic

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Genicular Nerve Block

4 ml of local anesthetic were administered in 5 genicular nerves. A total volume of 20 ml were administered in GNB group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • xavier sala-blanch, MD · Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-28
Primary Completion
2018-09-28
Completion
2018-10-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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