Safety and Efficacy of Three Local Block Techniques for Diabetic Foot Surgery

Summary

Diabetic patients suffering diabetic foot disease have sever comorbidities, as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, autonomic neuropathy, infections and gastric reflux all of which contribute to a high risk profile for anesthesia. failure rate associated with ankle or popliteal nerve block may be higher than accepted, the study hypothesized that combined ankle and popliteal block may increase the success rate with no added complications.

Timeline

Start

2017-06-15

Primary completion

2017-11-01

Completion

2017-12-01

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.