Continuous Versus Intermittent Sciatic Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Pain; Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Drug: Ropivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01843153

sciatic block

Details and patient eligibility

About

The role of a sciatic block in addition to a femoral block remains controversial. The study addresses this topic by comparing a continuous block versus an injection on demand.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• failure to establish femoral and sciatic block
• insufficient analgesic effect of the block
• patient declines to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

intermittent

Other group

Description:

injection of ropivacaine on demand

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine

continuous

Other group

Description:

continuous ropivacaine infusion

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine