A Comparison of Epidural Block With Adding Sciatic Block to Continuous Femoral Block in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: A Comparison of Epidural Analgesia With Adding Sciatic Nerve Block to Continuous Femoral Nerve Block for Post-operative Pain Management Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators compared continuous epidural infusion with combined continuous femoral and single-shot sciatic nerve blocks. The primary outcome was the incidence of side effects, and secondary outcomes were pain relief, motor blockade,morphine consumption, and rehabilitation indices.

Clinical Trial Description

The parcicipants were randomly assingned to epidural infusion group and femoral sciatic block. In epidural infusion group, a lumbar epidural catheter was placed at the L3-4 level using loss-ofresistance procedure. ropivacaine 0.2% and fentayl 2mcg/ml were infused at a rate of 5ml/hr from the end of operation. In femoral sciatic group, the femoral and sciatic nerve are located using ultrasound and 0.2% ropivacain is injected. A catheter is inserted to femoral nerve. From the end of operation, 0.2% ropivacaine was infused through the femoral catheter at a rate of 5ml/hr. The incidence of side effects is measured. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

• NCT number: NCT02235506
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Yeungnam University College of Medicine
• Contact: Sangjin Park, M.D.
• Phone: 82-53-620-3366
• Email: apsj0718@naver.com
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2014
• Completion date: June 2016