Popliteal Plexus Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Summary

This study aims to assess the analgesic effect of the popliteal plexus block as a supplement to a femoral triangle block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Timeline

Start

2018-05-15

Primary completion

2018-08-23

Completion

2018-08-23

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “Methodological problems/problems in the study design (competing pain and a placebo effect). No serious adverse events or other safety issues”

Publications

• Background Bendtsen TF, Moriggl B, Chan V, Borglum J. The Optimal Analgesic Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Nov/Dec;41(6):711-719. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000485.
• Background Wong WY, Bjorn S, Strid JM, Borglum J, Bendtsen TF. Defining the Location of the Adductor Canal Using Ultrasound. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Mar/Apr;42(2):241-245. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000539.
• Background GARDNER E. The innervation of the knee joint. Anat Rec. 1948 May;101(1):109-30. doi: 10.1002/ar.1091010111. No abstract available.
• Background Abdallah FW, Chan VW, Gandhi R, Koshkin A, Abbas S, Brull R. The analgesic effects of proximal, distal, or no sciatic nerve block on posterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial. Anesthesiology. 2014 Dec;121(6):1302-10. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000406.
• Background Abdallah FW, Madjdpour C, Brull R. Is sciatic nerve block advantageous when combined with femoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty? a meta-analysis. Can J Anaesth. 2016 May;63(5):552-68. doi: 10.1007/s12630-016-0613-2. Epub 2016 Feb 19.
• Background Runge C, Borglum J, Jensen JM, Kobborg T, Pedersen A, Sandberg J, Mikkelsen LR, Vase M, Bendtsen TF. The Analgesic Effect of Obturator Nerve Block Added to a Femoral Triangle Block After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;41(4):445-51. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000406.
• Background McNamee DA, Parks L, Milligan KR. Post-operative analgesia following total knee replacement: an evaluation of the addition of an obturator nerve block to combined femoral and sciatic nerve block. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2002 Jan;46(1):95-9. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460117.x.
• Background Taha AM. Brief reports: ultrasound-guided obturator nerve block: a proximal interfascial technique. Anesth Analg. 2012 Jan;114(1):236-9. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318237fb40. Epub 2011 Oct 24.
• Background Goffin P, Lecoq JP, Ninane V, Brichant JF, Sala-Blanch X, Gautier PE, Bonnet P, Carlier A, Hadzic A. Interfascial Spread of Injectate After Adductor Canal Injection in Fresh Human Cadavers. Anesth Analg. 2016 Aug;123(2):501-3. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001441.
• Background Harris PA, Taylor R, Thielke R, Payne J, Gonzalez N, Conde JG. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)--a metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support. J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.08.010. Epub 2008 Sep 30.
• Background Runge C, Moriggl B, Borglum J, Bendtsen TF. The Spread of Ultrasound-Guided Injectate From the Adductor Canal to the Genicular Branch of the Posterior Obturator Nerve and the Popliteal Plexus: A Cadaveric Study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Nov/Dec;42(6):725-730. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000675.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.