Local Infiltration Analgesia vs Adductor Canal Block for Analgesia After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Early rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is of paramount
importance and requires optimal pain control based on a multimodal concept, including
injection of local anaesthetics. Regarding this latter, different options have emerged
recently such as the adductor canal block, performed before the surgery by the
anaesthesiologist or the infiltration of the articulation performed by the surgeon at the of
the intervention. No trial has compared these two approaches. As practice of medicine should
be based on evidence, we decided to undertake this randomised controlled trial where we
compared the adductor canal block with the local infiltration analgesia technique in terms of
pain and functional outcomes