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Analgesic Efficacy of Anterior Femoral, Genicular and Adductor Canal Nerve Block

Study Overview

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Description

Recently, more distal approach to femoral nerve branches (saphenous) in the adductor canal in the medial compartment of the thigh have shown to provide comparable anesthesia and analgesia without quadriceps muscle weakness than traditional femoral nerve blocks (FNB) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Adductor canal block (ACB) has the unique advantage of providing localized analgesia to the peripatellar and intra-articular aspects of the knee joint without reducing the patient's ability to perform a straight leg raise. However, it does not adequately address the incisional pain component on the anterior surface of the knee innervated by anterior femoral cutaneous nerve. This pain may be improved by addition of the anterior femoral block (AFB). Additionally, the ACB does not provide analgesia to the posterior aspect of the knee, which is commonly moderate to severe after surgery. This pain may be decreased by addition of the genicular block, also known as the iPACK block (interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the knee). There is no study that has evaluated the potentially analgesic benefits of the AFB or the iPACK block combined with ACB after TKA. Therefore, the investigators designed this randomized, prospective, and double-blinded study to assess our hypothesis that the addition of the AFB and/or iPACK block to the ACB will improve analgesic effects, decrease pain scores, deceased opioid requirement, and as well as facilitate early recovery and improve patient satisfaction with pain management in patient after TKA.

Official Title

Randomized, Double-Blinded Study to Evaluate the Analgesic Efficacy of Anterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block and/or Genicular Nerve Block When Combined With Adductor Canal (Saphenous) Nerve Block After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Quick Facts

Study Start:2017-10-01
Study Completion:2023-11-06
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:COMPLETED

Study ID

NCT02548104

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Age 18-90 yrs
  2. 2. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status 1-3
  3. 3. Either gender
  1. 1. Refusal to participate in the study
  2. 2. Age\< 18 yrs, or\> 90 yrs
  3. 3. General anesthesia
  4. 4. Bilateral TKA, or revision of TKA
  5. 5. Contraindications to regional blockage including but not limited to:
  6. * Patient refusal to regional blockade
  7. * Infection at the site of needle insertion
  8. * Systemic infection
  9. * Bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy (as diagnosed by history or laboratory evaluation)

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Roya Yumul, M.D.,PhD.
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Anesthesiology

Study Locations (Sites)

Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90048
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • Roya Yumul, M.D.,PhD., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Department of Anesthesiology

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2017-10-01
Study Completion Date2023-11-06

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2017-10-01
Study Completion Date2023-11-06

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Pain, Postoperative