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Withdrawn Not applicable Interventional

Continuous Tibial Nerve Block Versus Single Shot Tibial Nerve Block

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01555216

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Official title

A Randomized Comparison of a Continuous Posterior Tibial Nerve Block and Single Injection Posterior Tibial Nerve Block in Patients Undergoing Forefoot Surgery

Brief summary

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Foot surgery often causes severe and prolonged pain postoperatively. Prior methods of postoperative pain control included oral narcotics, single injection regional techniques and more recently continuous nerve catheters. Recent studies have demonstrated a benefit with continuous popliteal catheters when compared to single injection techniques in regards to postoperative pain control and patient satisfaction for foot surgeries. Nerve blocks in the popliteal fossa involve both the common peroneal nerve and the tibial nerve. The innervation to the plantar surface of the forefoot involves the tibial nerve and does not involve the peroneal nerve. The purpose of this study is to compare the continuous posterior tibial nerve catheter with a single injection posterior tibial nerve block when used as part of a surgical ankle block for forefoot surgery.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01555216
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Other
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Sep 30, 2011
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2014
Completion
Nov 30, 2014
Last update posted
May 26, 2016

2011 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago Illinois 60611

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