The purpose of this study is to evaluate how many patients require the addition of the obturator nerve block in the recovery room after the total knee surgery. Also to study the efficacy of blocking the obturator nerve in controlling their knee pain.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
16
Use of selective pain block.
Five minutes after the sham block pain was assessed in these patients. If pain score was 5 or greater a true obturator nerve block was performed on these patients.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
To assess the use of obturator Nerve block for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
The need for rescue obturator nerve block in total knee arthoplasty patients who have sucessful femoral nerve block and sciatic nerve block in place.
Time frame: 15 minutes in recovery room post operatively
Pain medication use intra-operatively and in the recovery room after surgery. Pain scores in recovery room.
Time frame: During surgery and until discharge from recovery room.
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