Spinal Mepivicaine With Fentanyl for Outpatient Knee Arthroscopy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of intrathecal fentanyl to low dose
mepivacaine spinal anesthesia provides adequate surgical anesthesia with shorter duration of
motor blockade.
It is hypothesized that lower doses of spinal mepivacaine when combined with fentanyl will
result in adequate surgical block for knee arthroscopy surgery with faster recovery and
discharge compared to mepivacaine alone.