RECRUITING

Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Orthopaedic Patients

Description

To identify the benefits from regional anesthesia use as pain management in the pediatric population by delineating the differences in efficacy of continuous nerve blockade versus single-shot techniques after pediatric orthopaedic limb procedures. By doing this, the investigators can determine if specific anesthetic techniques should become a standard of care in pain management for the pediatric population and supersede the need for opioid medication.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

To identify the benefits from regional anesthesia use as pain management in the pediatric population by delineating the differences in efficacy of continuous nerve blockade versus single-shot techniques after pediatric orthopaedic limb procedures. By doing this, the investigators can determine if specific anesthetic techniques should become a standard of care in pain management for the pediatric population and supersede the need for opioid medication.

Single-Shot Versus Continuous Regional Anesthesia for Treating Acute Postoperative Pain in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial

Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Orthopaedic Patients

Condition
Anesthesia, Local
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Jefferson

Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States, 70121

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients undergoing primary orthopaedic limb surgery
  • * Outpatient orthopaedic surgeries
  • * Patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery who would normally receive regional anesthesia
  • * Patients younger than 5 years of ago or older than 18 years of age
  • * Revision orthopaedic surgeries
  • * Spinal orthopaedic surgeries
  • * Orthopaedic surgeries where the standard of care for type of regional anesthesia has been established (continuous regional for ACL reconstruction)
  • * Patients with the inability to articulate pain scores
  • * Inpatient orthopaedic surgeries
  • * Patients undergoing orthopaedic limb surgery with risk of compartment syndrome (i.e. acute supracondylar humerus fractures)

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Ochsner Health System,

Study Record Dates

2024-08-01