Ultrasound Guided Distal Sciatic Nerve Block - a Comparison With Nerve Stimulator Technique

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

For distal sciatic nerve block this prospective, randomised comparison with ultrasound guided distal subepineural block tested the hypothesis, that intraepineural injection of local anesthetic using nerve stimulation technique is common and associated with high success rate.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Helios Research Center
• Treatments: Midazolam; Prilocaine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• elective surgery on the foot or ankle

• tourniquet distal of the knee

• adult patients, 18-75 years old

• ASA-risk-groups I-III (American Society of Anesthesiologists)

• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe coagulopathy

• systemic inflammatory response

• ASA-risk-groups > III (American Society of Anesthesiologists)

• drug allergy: local anesthetics

• pregnancy, lactation period

• participation in other studies

• addiction to drugs or alcohol

• non-cooperative patients