Does a Single Shot Femoral Nerve Block Alone Produce Appropriate Pain Relief?

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of the analgesic effect of the preoperative femoral nerve block alone versus combined femoral, sciatic, obturator and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve blocks in patients after TKA in the immediate postoperative period.

Timeline

Start

2011-05

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Stav A, Reytman L, Sevi R, Stav MY, Powell D, Dor Y, Dudkiewicz M, Bayadse F, Sternberg A, Soudry M. Femoral versus Multiple Nerve Blocks for Analgesia after Total Knee Arthroplasty. Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2017 Jan 30;8(1):e0006. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10281.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.