Nerve Block for Pain Control After Fracture Surgery

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Conditions studied: Ankle Fractures, Distal Radius Fracture

In brief

Surgical treatment for patients with a fracture of the ankle or distal radius is commonly offered on an outpatient basis. Patients are routinely discharged from hospital within 4 hours of their procedure. The surgery is commonly performed under peripheral nerve block with sedation, or under general anesthesia with postoperative peripheral nerve block, (if required for analgesic purposes). It is unclear which of these two strategies offers patients superior pain relief in the first few days following surgery. This trial aims to compare the pain intensity and analgesic medication consumption between patients in these two groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05391464

Run by

MaineGeneral Health

People needed

160

Starts

2022-05-16

Expected to finish

2025-06-18

Last updated by the study team

2022-05-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Within 2 weeks of injury
• Isolated fracture requiring surgery
• Outpatient

You may not qualify if…

• Multiple fractures
• Inpatients
• Cognitive impairment
• Unable to comply with follow-up
• No means of telephone contact
• Contraindication to peripheral nerve block

Where it is running

• MaineGeneral Medical Center — Augusta, Maine, United States (enrolling)

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