Status:

UNKNOWN

Can the Femoral Nerve Block be Improved by Ultrasound Guidance?

Lead Sponsor:

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Collaborating Sponsors:

Golden Jubilee National Hospital

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

35-90 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Studies have suggested a link with effective pain relief and reduced illness and death in very unwell patients. This study will determine the most effective method of injecting local anaesthetic aroun...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Elective primary total hip arthroplasty under general anaesthesia
  • ASA\<=4
  • Able to give informed consent
  • Able to cooperate with sensory and motor testing of lower limb function

Exclusion

  • Abnormal clotting screen (coagulopathy) or thrombocytopenia (\<100,000)
  • Acute mental test score of \<=7 at any time pre or post operatively
  • Allergy to local anaesthetic
  • Signs, symptoms or laboratory evidence of local infection or systemic sepsis
  • No pre-existing neurological deficit (sensory or motor) affecting lower limb
  • Patients with lower limb amputations

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

269 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00696150

Start Date

July 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

June 12 2008

Active Locations (4)

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1

Gartnavel General hospital

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G12 0YN

2

Glasgow Royal Infrimary

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G4

3

Golden Jubilee hospital

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

4

Royal alexandra hospital

Paisley, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, PA2