Popliteal Block for Postoperative Pain in Knee-ankle Soft Tissue Surgery in Cerebral Palsy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Popliteal block is a technique for providing postoperative pain management in children. In
this randomized double-blinded study, the investigators evaluated the effects of preoperative
popliteal nerve block on postoperative pain and analgesic requirement in children with
cerebral palsy (CP) undergoing knee-anckle soft tissue surgery. The Wong Baker faces scale
and skin conductance fluctuations will be assessed.