Addition of Popliteal Plexus Block to Continuous Femoral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-07-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The popliteal plexus block has been described as an alternative analgesic postoperative pain
treatment for total knee arthroplasty. It consists of injecting local anaeshetics inside the
distal end of the adductor canal close to the adductor hiatus, adjacent to the femoral
artery, between the medial vastus muscle and the adductor magnus muscle, in order to
anesthetize the popliteal plexus. However, the analgesic efficacy has never been demonstrated
in a randomized controlled trial. Therefore the objective of this study is to investigate the
analgesic benefit of this block combined with a continuous femoral nerve block, on patients
scheduled for total knee athroplasty.