Ultrasound-guided Continuous Proximal Adductor Canal vs Continuous Femoral Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Control and Rehabilitation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Yale University

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments

Procedure: Continuous femoral nerve block

Procedure: Continuous proximal adductor canal block

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02495805

1508016335

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare continuous femoral nerve block with continuous proximal adductor canal block for postoperative pain control and rehabilitation.

Full description

Patients meeting the criteria: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I and II, that are scheduled for elective total knee arthroplasty, will be recruited into the study. Subjects will be randomized into 2 groups: those who will receive a continuous proximal adductor canal block (ACB) and those who will receive a continuous femoral nerve block (FNB).

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA) score of 1 or 2 that are healthy without systemic disease or have mild systemic disease, respectively.
The patient will need to be able to have decision-making capacity and ability to consent for the study.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA) score greater than 2.
Patients unable to have decision-making capacity and ability to consent for the study.