Ultrasound Guided Adductor Canal Versus Femoral Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatrics
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-10-25
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Both Ultrasound guided Adductor Canal Block ( ACB) and Femoral Nerve Block (FNB) has been
used to provide postoperative analgesia for knee surgeries. To the investigators' knowledge,
no comparison has been made between those blocks in relation to postoperative quadriceps
muscle strength, or duration and quality of postoperative analgesia for arthroscopic ACL
reconstruction in pediatrics. If ACB provides postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic knee
surgery comparable to FNB, it has the potential to improve the postoperative outcome as it
will lead to less quadriceps muscle weakness and early mobilization, both of which are very
important in the early postoperative period.