Posterior Capsular Injection With Femoral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-08-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To assess pain control after total knee replacement surgery using two different nerve block techniques. The 2 methods are:

1. Continuous femoral nerve block with ultrasound guided posterior capsular injection

2. Continuous femoral nerve block with ultrasound selective tibial nerve block.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Saint Francis Care
• Treatments: Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Racepinephrine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients having primary, unilateral total knee arthroplasty

• Age 18-80

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of neurologic disease, neuropathy, diabetes, or major systemic illness

• Allergy to local anesthetic solution or NSAIDs

• Pregnancy

• Chronic use of narcotics

• Inability to give consent/cooperate with study