Femoral Nerve Block for Femur Fracture Repair in Pediatrics

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2016-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare post-operative pain relief in pediatric patients undergoing traumatic femur fracture repair who have received either a femoral nerve block with a lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block or a standard anesthetic for analgesia.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Epinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II

• Weight greater than or equal to 10kg

• Presenting for repair of traumatic femur fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA physical status > II

• Co-morbid diseases (cardiac, pulmonary, neurological disease)

• Patients having concomitant procedures

• Abnormal neurovascular examination in the injured leg

• Presence of vascular compromise in the affected lower extremity

• Mechanism of sustained injury via crush injury

• Use of therapeutic dose anticoagulants or presence of a bleeding disorder