Pain Management of ACL Reconstruction

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Trial end date: 2024-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will compare the outcome of pain interventions that are considered standard of care during the surgical treatment of ACL injuries. The comparison will be looking at pain control during and after ACL surgery as well as functional outcomes in patients that had a nerve block versus those who did not. The investigators hypothesize that pain control will be equal between both groups.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between the ages of 18 and 45 years old.

• Clinical and/or advanced imaging confirmation of ACL tear of which reconstructive surgery is recommended and accepted.

Exclusion Criteria:

• No prior surgery of the affected and contralateral knee

• Adults unable to consent

• Children (age < 18 years old)

• Prisoners

• Pregnant women

• Inflammatory arthritis

• Non-English-speaking patients