A Comparison of Two Injection Locations in Obese Patients Having Lower Leg/Foot Surgery
Completed
Conditions studied: Strain of Muscle and/or Tendon of Lower Leg, Fracture of Lower Leg, Crushing Injury of Lower Leg, Fracture Malunion - Ankle and/ or Foot, Complete Tear, Ankle and/or Foot Ligament, Pathological Fracture - Ankle and/or Foot, Loose Body in Joint of Ankle and/or Foot
In brief
One technique for the nerve block involves injecting the numbing medicine where the nerve is together (higher up in the back of the thigh). The other technique involves injecting the numbing medicine where the nerve splits into two parts. By injecting numbing medication around the nerve(s), there will be less pain after the procedure. It is thought that the numbing medicine will be easier to inject in the group that the nerves are split. It is expected that subjects may need less pain medication and have lower pain ratings in this group too.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01550094
- Run by
- Jose Soberon, MD
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2012-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-10-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients ≥ 18 years of age undergoing unilateral foot and/or ankle surgery
- Severe or morbid obesity, defined as a BMI of 35-39 or ≥ 40, respectively
- ASA status I-IV
- Ability to understand and provide informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- True allergy, not sensitivity, to any of the following substances:
- Local Anesthetics Midazolam Fentanyl Hydromorphone Propofol
- Pregnancy
- Evidence of infection at or near the proposed needle insertion site
- Unstable or undetermined neurologic disease of the lower extremity
- Chronic pain patients
- Patient refusal or inability to provide informed consent
Where it is running
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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