Continuous Versus Intermittent Sciatic Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Phase 4 Completed 140 enrolled Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The role of a sciatic block in addition to a femoral block remains controversial. The study addresses this topic by comparing a continuous block versus an injection on demand.

Timeline

Start: 2013-04
Primary completion: 2014-10
Completion: 2014-12

Publications

Soltesz S, Meiger D, Milles-Thieme S, Saxler G, Ziegeler S. Intermittent versus continuous sciatic block combined with femoral block for patients undergoing knee arthroplasty. A randomized controlled trial. Int Orthop. 2016 Sep;40(9):1861-7. doi: 10.1007/s00264-016-3117-3. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.75 %	Other
Subject	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	20 ml	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.