Ultrasound Guided Adductor Canal Versus Femoral Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatrics

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Conditions studied: Post-operative Pain, Quadriceps Muscle Strength

In brief

Both Ultrasound guided Adductor Canal Block ( ACB) and Femoral Nerve Block (FNB) has been used to provide postoperative analgesia for knee surgeries. To the investigators' knowledge, no comparison has been made between those blocks in relation to postoperative quadriceps muscle strength, or duration and quality of postoperative analgesia for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction in pediatrics. If ACB provides postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic knee surgery comparable to FNB, it has the potential to improve the postoperative outcome as it will lead to less quadriceps muscle weakness and early mobilization, both of which are very important in the early postoperative period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03053401

Run by

Akron Children's Hospital

People needed

52

Starts

2017-02-09

Expected to finish

2019-10-25

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-28

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ASA I or II
• Age 8 to 18 years
• All research subjects must have an acceptable legally authorized representative capable of giving consent on the subject's behalf.

You may not qualify if…

• Those who were unable to use a standard 0-10 NS
• Infection at the site of the block
• Bleeding disorders
• Allergy to the drugs used to perform the block ( ropivacaine , methylprednisolone)
• Those who refused a nerve block or enrollment in the study.

Where it is running

• Akron Children's Hospital — Akron, Ohio, United States

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