Overview
Does Adding an Additional Numbing Medication Injection in the Thigh Help With Pain Control After Knee Replacement Surgery?
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-12-18
2018-12-18
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
One common anesthetic that is performed for total knee replacement surgery is spinal anesthesia with an adductor canal regional block, which involves injecting numbing medication in the thigh region for pain control after surgery. The aim of this study is to determine whether the addition of another regional block called obturator nerve block, which involves injecting numbing medication in the upper thigh region, will improve pain control after surgery while not sacrificing mobility after surgery.Phase:
Phase 4Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiTreatments:
BupivacaineCriteria
Inclusion Criteria:- Patients scheduled to undergo total knee arthroplasty
- Planned use of regional anesthesia for procedure
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients on immunosuppressive therapy
- Patients with history of diabetes
- Patients with lower limb neuropathy
- Patients with history of chronic opioid use for > 3 months, including but not limited
to, fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, methadone
- Patients with known allergy or intolerance to any drug used in the study
- Patients with history of alcohol or drug abuse
- Patients with history of intolerance of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Patients with hepatic or renal insufficiency
- ASA score of 4 or greater