Prospective Femoral Versus Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction

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Conditions studied: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

In brief

The investigators propose that a preoperative femoral and sciatic blocks vs a femoral block only, prior to ambulatory anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction will lead to a decrease in opiate consumption, pain scores, and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay. The investigators are prospectively randomizing patients to either a femoral or a fem/sciatic block and monitor outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01447277

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

68

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 and over
• ASA status I-II
• Scheduled for ambulatory Arthroscopic ACL Surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to Local anesthetics or opiates used in the study
• Contraindications for regional anesthesia
• coagulopathy, anticoagulation, Thrombocytopenia
• infection at site of injection
• Chronic pain and high preoperative opiate requirements
• High risk for PONV

Where it is running

• UCSF Orthopedic Institute — San Francisco, California, United States

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