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NCT Number: NCT01293136

Retrospective Femoral Nerve Block Study

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Other Reconstructive Surgery

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Femoral Nerve Block

Procedure

Ropivacaine

Intravenous opioids

Drug

Whatever opioids prescribed

Primary outcomes

  1. Duration of hospitalization

    Time frame: 1 Week

    duration of hospitalization and need for inpatient admission in patients who received femoral nerve block versus those who received intravenous opioids

Secondary outcomes

  1. Nausea and vomiting

    Time frame: 1 Week

  2. Total opioid use

    Time frame: 1 Week

  3. Postoperative pain score

    Time frame: 1 Week

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Feb 10, 2011
Registry last updated
Jan 31, 2012

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