Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block Catheter Placement for Foot Surgery

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Foot Surgery; Ankle Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Placement of nerve block catheter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01049906

07-008192

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: When performed under ultrasound guidance, there is improvement in the sensory and motor blockade obtained with stimulating popliteal catheters versus those placed without nerve stimulation.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients scheduled to undergo foot or ankle surgery at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Exclusion criteria

• emergency surgery
• peripheral neuropathy in the distribution of the sciatic nerve on the operative side
• history of recent alcohol or drug abuse
• allergy to local anesthetics
• pregnancy
• coagulopathy
• subjects declined to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

Nerve stimulation and Ultrasound

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Placement of nerve block catheter

Procedure: Placement of nerve block catheter

Ultrasound without nerve stimulation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Placement of nerve block catheter

Procedure: Placement of nerve block catheter