Protracted Effect of the Ultrasound-guided Saphenous Block
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study focuses on optimizing the postoperative pain treatment after major foot and ankle
surgery by prolonging the duration of the ultrasound-guided saphenous block. The currently
used single shot saphenous block only covers half of the pain intensive period from the
saphenous territory, which results in a sharp, break-through pain requiring opioids. The
hypothesis is that this protracted mixture will keep the patients free of pain without the
use of opioids for the entire pain intensive period and thus increase rehabilitation and
patients' satisfaction.