Analgesic Benefits of Genicular Nerve Blocks of the Posterior Knee for Patients Undergoing ACL Reconstruction
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2015-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Outpatients scheduled to have ACL surgery typically receive a femoral nerve block to provide
analgesia for the front of the knee. Postoperatively, these patients will often report pain
in the back of the knee. Local anesthetic infiltration of the posterior aspect of the knee
results in blockade of the genicular nerves of the posterior knee. These nerves originate off
of the tibial and common peroneal nerves and their blockade will result in improved posterior
knee pain relief and may decrease narcotic consumption compared to patients who receive the
same infiltration with normal saline.