Analgesic Efficacy of Saphenous Nerve Blockade for Outpatient Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Analgesia for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery of the Knee

Treatments: Procedure: Saphenous nerve blockade; Procedure: Femoral nerve blockade

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02071433

ACLS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether blockade of the saphenous nerve can provide the same degree of analgesia postoperatively for ACLS as a femoral nerve block without resulting motor blockade enhancing shortening of hospital stay en functional outcome.

Enrollment: 58 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18-65 years
• ASA status I - III
• rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.

Exclusion criteria

• contraindication for regional anesthesia
• allergy against local anesthetics
• BMI > 35
• pre-existing diagnosed neuropathy of the operated leg
• ingestion of strong opioids
• pregnancy or breastfeeding status
• History of significant cardiovascular disease (MI, CVA, peripheral vascular disease)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Saphenous nerve blockade

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental treatment 15 mL of levobupivacaine 0.5%

Treatment:

Procedure: Saphenous nerve blockade

Femoral nerve blockade

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard treatment 15 mL of levobupivacaine 0.5%

Treatment:

Procedure: Femoral nerve blockade