Ultrasound-Guided Block of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve in Pediatric Patients

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Burns

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether either a peripheral nerve block under ultrasound (u/s) guidance of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), versus an u/s guided block of the nerve followed by continuous catheter infusion of local anesthetic, offers better post-operative analgesia in pediatric burn patients undergoing reconstructive surgery, than the current analgesic regimen of subcutaneous local anesthetic infiltration. Eligible subject, pediatric patients having reconstructive surgery for burns, having skin graft donor sites of the lateral thighs, will be randomized into three groups: control (having local infiltration of site), ultrasound guided nerve block, or ultrasound guided nerve block with catheter placement --fascia iliac. Post-operative comfort will be assessed over the next 48 hours.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01500655

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

19

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-06

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• going for reconstructive surgery requiring split thickness skin graft
• patient's donor site will be in distribution of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
• age >=2 and <22
• patient emotionally/intellectually able to describe intensity of post-op pain using VAS or Wong- Baker faces scale.

You may not qualify if…

• potential block/catheter site infected or burned.
• intolerance/allergy to local anesthetics
• BMI > 30
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score > 2

Where it is running

• Shriners Hospital for Children — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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