Continuous Femoral and Tibial Nerve Blocks in TKA Patients

Stopped early · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Analgesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a new regional anesthesia technique would provide better pain control, patient satisfaction, less narcotic use and no symptoms of foot drop after knee replacement surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01680692

Run by

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso

People needed

2

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients (18-85 years old) undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty's
• American Society of Anesthesiology Classification (ASA) 1, 2, or 3

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal
• Under 18
• Pregnancy
• Presence of neurological disease or existing parasthesia
• Diabetes
• Chronic drug use
• Infection of leg
• American Society of Anesthesiology Classification (ASA) 4-6 (unstable conditions)
• History of allergy to local anesthetics or opioids

Where it is running

• University Medical Center of El Paso, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — El Paso, Texas, United States

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