Overview

Adductor Canal Vs Adductor Canal Plus SPANK Block for Postoperative Pain in Knee Arthroplasty Surgery

Status:
Withdrawn

Trial end date:
2021-06-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

This study will prospectively investigate the efficacy of Adductor canal block with periarticular infiltration Vs Adductor canal block, Periarticluar infiltration and Sensory posterior articular nerve of the knee block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. The study will aid in answering question whether SPANK block is an effective adjunct in preventing posterior knee pain without causing motor blockade.

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Bruce Ben-David

Treatments:

Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients between the ages of 19 and 90 years old. BMI 18-45 ASA class I-II-III

Exclusion Criteria:

Simultaneous bilateral TKA.

History of substance abuse.

BMI >45.

Patients that did not received Intrathecal anesthesia.

Infection at the site of injection (either for spinal or PNB).

Pregnancy.

Non english speaking or inability to participate in the study.

Patients with coagulopathy or With INR >1,5 the day of the surgery.

Pharmacologic coagulopathy: patients on xarelto, plavix, or any kind of "Blood Thinners".

Chronic steroid use: patients with consumption of steroid for more than 3 months.

Chronic pain: pain for more than 3 months.

Chronic opiate use : consumption of opioids for more than 3 months.