Continuous Regional Anesthesia for Septic Limb Orthopedic Surgery

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to assess the safety of using continuous regional anesthesia for post-operative analgesia during septic limb orthopedic surgery.

The study hypothesis is that continuous regional anesthesia would not induce septic complication in the operated limb and could improve post-operative recovery.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Osteo arthritis or cellulitis requiring surgical intervention

• anatomical possibility of regional anesthesia

• age >18 ans

• written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• loco-regional anesthesia impossibility (puncture zone infection, local anesthesics allergie, amiodarone or mexilétine treatment, neurologic deficit for exemple)

• patient under tutelle or curatelle

• pregnant or beast feeding woman