The Relationship Between Needle Position and Injection Pressure During Femoral Nerve Block

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Conditions studied: Orthopedic Disorders

In brief

Recent evidence suggests that injection pressure monitoring may be able to predict needle nerve contact in the brachial plexus nerve block model, but little is known about multifascicular nerves. The investigators hypothesize that injection pressure monitoring can reliably predict needle-nerve contact during femoral nerve block.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02451813

Run by

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

People needed

20

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-65
• ASA physical status I-III
• scheduled for lower limb surgery where femoral block is part of intended analgesic plan

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication to femoral nerve block (e.g. infection)
• BMI > 35 kg/m2
• inability to communicate postoperative symptoms
• pre-existing neurologic deficits in the operative extremity
• allergy to local anesthetics
• history of opioid dependence

Where it is running

• St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center — New York, New York, United States

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