Comparing Ropivacaine Adductor Canal Blockade by Surgeon Versus Anesthesiologist

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of two methods of administering an adductor canal block (ACB) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA); intraoperative surgeon performed intra-articular adductor canal block (IACB) and anesthesiologist ultrasound guided ADC in the post-anesthesia recovery unit (PACU).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
• Collaborator: Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing unilateral primary TKA with underlying diagnosis of osteoarthritis

• ASA I - III

• Spinal anesthesia

• All patients will have cemented total knee utilizing a medial parapatellar approach with posterior stabilized or cruciate retaining implants. A tourniquet will be used in all cases.

• Patients must be between 18 and 80 years of age.

• Active and valid email address for the participant.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to anesthetics or study analgesic medications.

• Contraindication to regional anesthesia

• Non-english speaking

• ASA IV or greater

• Renal insufficiency with Cr > 2.0 or hepatic failure

• General or epidural anesthesia

• Sensory/motor disorder involving the operative limb

• Patients who consume preoperative opioids for pain control.

• Pregnant women

• Mentally disabled patients and patients with psychiatric disorders that would prevent them from properly understanding and evaluating an informed consent process.

• Prisoners