The Use of Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine for Sciatic Nerve Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The duration of motor block for infragluteal parabiceps sciatic nerve block following total knee replacement may vary between 12-36 hrs depending on the amount of local anesthetic given.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (>18 years of age) who are undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria for the study are patient refusal to be included in the study, contraindications to regional anesthesia, history of allergy to amide local anesthetics, the presence of a progressive neurological deficit, the presence of coagulopathy or infection, or pregnancy