PENG Block Plus Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block for Posterolateral-approached Total Hip Arthroplasty (PENG-FLAT)

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Postoperative Pain; Hip Arthropathy; Analgesia; Acute Pain; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block; Procedure: PENG Block; Procedure: Wound Infiltration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05432011

PAR 34.22

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to analyze the effect of Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block combined with lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block vs. PENG block combined with wound infiltration for analgesia after elective hip replacement performed with a posters-lateral approach.

Half of participants will receive a PENG Block combined with femoral lateral cutaneous nerve block, while the other half will receive PENG Block combined with wound infiltration

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective hip replacement surgery performed with a poster-lateral approach
• ASA physical status score < 4

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications to regional anesthesia
• ASA physical status score ≥ 4
• Patient's refusal or inability to sign the informed consent
• Allergies to any drug provided by the study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

PENG block plus Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receiving PENG block combined to Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block

Treatment:

Procedure: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block

Procedure: PENG Block

PENG block plus Wound Infiltration

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receiving PENG block combined to wound infiltration

Treatment:

Procedure: PENG Block

Procedure: Wound Infiltration