Efficacy of Popliteal Nerve Blocks With and Without Dexamethasone on the Duration of Analgesia for Foot & Ankle Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this research study to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone as an addition to peripheral nerve block (Put the nerve to sleep with Bupivacaine a numbing medication) on length of pain relief (analgesia), postoperative narcotic (opioids) requirements, pain scores, and patient satisfaction after foot and ankle procedures.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 60 patients (30 per group) undergoing foot and ankle procedures

• Willingness and ability to sign an informed consent document

• No allergies to anesthetic or analgesic medications

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)physical status Class I - III

• Aged 18-90 years,either sex

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to participate in the study

• Age<18 or> 90 years -

• Contraindications to regional blockage including but not limited to:

• Patient refusal to regional blockade

• Infection at the site of needle insertion

• Systemic infection

• Bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy