Ultrasound-Guided Adductor Canal Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The ultrasound-guided selective blockade of the saphenous nerve in the adductor canal provides effective analgesia and reduces postoperative pain in patients undergoing arthroscopic medial meniscectomy. Selective blockade of the saphenous nerve in the adductor canal provides effective analgesia without quadriceps muscle weakness. It has been shown that the adductor canal block (ACB) block increases the spread of local anesthetics in a distal and proximal way. Therefore, the proximal spread of local anesthetics may cause possible quadriceps weakness. The distal spread of local anesthetics may increase analgesic effect via sciatic nerve. The different volumes for ACB is a topic of discussion. The aim of this study is to compare the different volumes of US-guided ACB performing for postoperative analgesia management after total knee arthroplasty surgery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medipol University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-II

• Scheduled for total knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of bleeding diathesis,

• receiving anticoagulant treatment,

• known local anesthetics and opioid allergy,

• infection of the skin at the site of the needle puncture,

• pregnancy or lactation,

• patients who do not accept the procedure