Local Multimodal Injection Versus Regional Anesthesia in Controlling Pain for Treating Rotational Ankle Fractures

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Trial end date: 2023-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators plan to evaluate the efficacy in reducing post-operative pain between local multimodal analgesia as compared to regional anesthesia in rotational ankle fractures.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Ketorolac; Morphine; Racepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• isolated rotational ankle fracture

• operative intervention needed

• English or Spanish speaking

• provide informed consent

• able to communicate with the research team via email or phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• sustain concomitant head injury

• additional lower extremity fracture(s)

• open fracture

• prior drug dependency

• allergies to any of the ingredients in the local injection or peripheral nerve block

• any history of stroke

• major neurological deficit