Comparison Between Ultrasound-guided and Landmark-guided Ankle Blocks

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Analgesia

Treatments: Drug: Bupivacaine

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01684774

0070-12-HYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will be comparing ultrasound-guided (USG) ankle block and anatomic landmark-guided (ALG) ankle block to determine which of these procedures is better in surgical anesthesia and in postoperative pain relief.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing orthopedic foot operation with osteotomy

Exclusion criteria

• Skin infection near block injection site
• Allergy to local anesthetics
• Coagulopathy with INR >1.4.
• Dementia

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

I. USG

Description:

Patients receiving Ultrasound-guided Ankle Block

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacaine

II. ALG

Description:

Patients receiving Anatomic Landmark-guided Ankle Block

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacaine