Adductor Canal Block (ACB) Versus ACB /Saphenous Block in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2020-10-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Knee surgeries are associated with severe postoperative pain. Blocking the femoral nerve (or
saphenous nerve) in the adductor canal is increasingly used for knee analgesia. It carries
potential benefits that encourage anesthesiologists to do it. It has a motor sparing
property. Injection of local anesthetics in this lengthy canal that contains a variable
amount of connective or fibrous tissue might lead to a patchy distribution of local
anesthetics. Thus, the possibility of incomplete block of the saphenous nerve (most important
nerve in knee innervations) cannot be excluded.