Retrospective Femoral Nerve Block Study

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Other Reconstructive Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Femoral nerve block; Drug: Intravenous opioids

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01293136

IRB11-00073

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a retrospective review to evaluate the efficacy of femoral nerve block in providing analgesia following reconstructive surgery of the knee and to compare the postoperative course of patients who received femoral nerve block with a retrospective cohort who were cared for prior to the institution of a regional anesthesia program. The investigators hypothesize that femoral nerve blockade limits postoperative opioid needs, improves analgesia and facilitates discharge home when compared to intravenous opioid use following reconstructive knee surgery.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients that had reconstructive knee surgery between July 2009 to the present.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

intravenous opioids

Treatment:

Drug: Intravenous opioids

femoral nerve block

Treatment:

Procedure: Femoral nerve block