Infrapatellar Nerve Block for Post-operative Knee Arthroscopy Pain Control

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve blocks are effective in decreasing analgesic use, promoting earlier mobility, and improving long term outcome scores after knee arthroscopy.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• planned knee arthroscopy with soft tissue intervention

• age 18+

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• contraindications to nerve block: eg neuropathy, type 1 diabetes, coagulopathy

• knee arthroscopy with planned bony intervention