About this trial
The aim of this clinical randomized trial is to compare local infiltration analgesia (LIA) alone versus the combination of LIA with saphenous nerve (SN) block, block of the nerve to vastus medialis (NVM), and anterior femoral cutaneous nerve (AFCN) block in participants undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The primary outcome is pain intensity, measured using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) at multiple time points after surgery. Secondary outcomes include opioid consumption, time to mobilization, postoperative nausea and vomiting, length of hospital stay, neurological complications and differences in opioid consumption and NRS pain scores between general and spinal anesthesia.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
Pregnancy
Coagulopathy or other bleeding disorder that precludes regional anesthesia
Allergy to local anesthetics
Inability to understand spoken and written Swedish
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Ropivacain 5 mg/ml + Clonidine
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Region Skane
Lead sponsor
Greta and Johan Kock Foundation
Collaborator