Pain Relief Results After Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
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Official title
Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction: The Effect of Femoral Nerve Block Analgesia
Brief summary
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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is surgery that is done to repair a damaged ligament in the knee. In this study we will look at whether the femoral nerve block, a commonly used method for pain relief after ACL reconstruction, affects the way patients feel after surgery. We will study recovery during the first week after surgery and also 3-12 weeks after surgery. We will give all patients spinal anesthesia. Some patients will also receive a continuous femoral nerve block for 2 days, or by a single injection. We predict that patients who received the nerve block will have significantly improved pain results, compared to patients who did not receive the nerve block.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00022854
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 270 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Single-injection femoral nerve block Procedure
- Femoral nerve block 60-hour continuous injection Procedure
- Saline (control) injection into femoral nerve envelope Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 14 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2001
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2004
- Last update posted
- May 2, 2013
2001 – 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15203 | — |
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