Analgesic Effect of Adding an Adductor Canal Block to a Femoral Triangle Block for Total Knee Replacement

Changi General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Knee Replacements

Treatments: Procedure: Femoral triangle block; Procedure: Adductor canal block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03461679

2017/ 2809 CGH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate whether the addition of an adductor canal block to a femoral triangle block will provide better analgesia for patients after total knee replacements.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia
• 45y or older
• ASA 1-3
• BMI 18-35

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to consent
• Chronic opioid consumption
• Allergy to study medication
• Lower limb surgery preceding year
• Unable to complete baseline testing, pre-existing neurological deficit
• Contraindication to spinal anaesthesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Adductor canal block Femoral triangle block

Treatment:

Procedure: Adductor canal block

Procedure: Femoral triangle block

Standard

Active Comparator group

Description:

Femoral triangle block

Treatment:

Procedure: Femoral triangle block