Analgesic Efficacy of Blocking Nerve to Vastus Lateralis Muscle Versus Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve After Knee Surgeries

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Conditions studied: Analgesia, Vastus Lateralis Nerve Block, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block, Knee Surgeries

In brief

This study aims to compare the analgesic efficacy and functional outcomes of blocking the nerve to the vastus lateralis (NVL) muscle versus the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06809842

Run by

Kafrelsheikh University

People needed

80

Starts

2025-02-05

Expected to finish

2025-07-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years.
• Both sexes.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status from I to III.
• Underwent knee surgeries under spinal anesthesia.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy.
• Coagulopathy.
• Neuromuscular disorders.
• Hematological disorders.
• Mental disorders.
• History of multiple traumas or anesthesia drug allergies.
• Local skin infection at the block site.
• Body mass index (BMI) greater than 40.
• Opioid analgesics or abusing opioids.

Where it is running

• Kafrelsheikh University — Kafr ash Shaykh, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt (enrolling)

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