Early Ambulation After Adductor Canal Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Trinity Health Of New England

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Osteoarthritis; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Canal Block and Capsular Injection; Procedure: Femoral Nerve Block with Tibial Nerve Block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01459861

11-09-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess early ambulation following total knee replacement in patients receiving continuous adductor canal block with posterior capsular injection compared to continuous femoral nerve block with tibial nerve block.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• knee arthroplasty
• ages 18-80

Exclusion criteria

• history of neurological disease
• diabetes
• pregnancy
• neuropathy
• chronic narcotic use
• allergy to local anesthetic solution or NSAIDS
• inability to give consent or cooperate with the study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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11 participants in 2 patient groups

Canal Block and Capsular Injection

Experimental group

Description:

Adductor canal block with a continuous catheter and ultrasound guided posterior capsular injection with local anesthetic solution.

Treatment:

Procedure: Canal Block and Capsular Injection

Femoral with Tibial Nerve Block

Active Comparator group

Description:

Continuous femoral nerve block with catheter and selective tibial nerve block in the popliteal fossa.

Treatment:

Procedure: Femoral Nerve Block with Tibial Nerve Block