Trial Evaluating Postop Pain and Muscle Strength Among Regional Anesthesia Techniques for Ambulatory ACL Reconstruction

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-04-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Despite the apparent multifaceted benefit in differentiating blockade sites and duration of nerve blockade, the efficacy of continuous adductor canal blockade utilized specifically in ACL reconstruction has not been extensively studied. This study will test the hypothesis that the use of the adductor canal continuous nerve catheter will result in lower subjective pain scores on postoperative day 2 and improved quadriceps strength on postoperative day 1.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Treatments: Anesthetics; BB 1101; Bupivacaine; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Fentanyl; Mepivacaine; Propofol; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 14 and older

• Patients who are scheduled to undergo an ACL reconstruction with patella or allograft

• Patient does not have a contraindication to receiving regional anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to local anesthetics, dexamethasone, or adhesive tape

• Patients undergoing hamstring graft for ACL

• Preexisting infection at site of needle insertion

• Immunocompromised patients

• Preexisting sensory or motor deficit in operative extremity

• Patient on chronic opioid treatment.

• Patient having a revision of previous ACL reconstruction.

• Pregnancy and lactating women