Pre-post Spinal Popliteal Block

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Foot Surgery; Ankle Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05354791

2019-1642

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a retrospective chart review to determine the non-inferiority of performing lower extremity peripheral nerve block placement under spinal anesthesia compared to its pre-spinal counterpart.

Full description

This is a retrospective chart review to determine the non-inferiority of performing lower extremity peripheral nerve block placement under spinal anesthesia compared to its pre-spinal counterpart.

Primary outcome:

• The investiigators will be looking into persistent abnormal neuropathic symptoms lasting more than 7 days following a sciatic popliteal nerve block.

Enrollment: 1,500 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ambulatory foot surgery
• ambulatory ankle surgery
• use of spinal Anesthesia
• use of pre-spinal anesthesia nerve block techniques
• use of sciatic nerve block

Exclusion criteria

• all other surgeries