Overview
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Major Lower Extremity Amputations
Status:
Recruiting
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-31
2022-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
This study will be a double-blinded randomized controlled trial analyzing all patients who will undergo major lower extremity amputations by the vascular surgery service at UCSF Fresno between July 2017 and June 2018 to determine if regional nerve blocks (sciatic and femoral) have any effect on postoperative pain control, narcotic requirements, and length of stay compared with standard post-operative narcotic regimens.Phase:
Phase 4Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy VolunteersDetails
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San FranciscoTreatments:
Bupivacaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- patients who require major lower extremity amputations
Exclusion Criteria:
- less than 18 years old, pregnant, emergency amputation, staged amputation, amputations
performed by non-vascular surgeons, patients who are allergic to bupivacaine, patients
who are unable to communicate symptoms of pain