Ultrasound-guided Genicular Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty (GenTKR)
CompletedNCT04024319
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Knee Osteoarthritis affects one third of the population over 65 years old. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become one of the most frequent surgical procedures in the world. During the last years it went from being a long hospital stay surgery to a fast track procedure. Currently models employ high volume local infiltration techniques (LIA). The genicular nerve block (GNB) appears as alternative in this patients. The objective of this study is to evaluate the analgesic results of genicular nerve block after TKA in a small cohort of patients. 35 patients scheduled for TKA underwent to GNB were included. Pain measurement.
Study details
- Official title
- Ultrasound-guided Genicular Nerve Block an Analgesic Alternative to LIA for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Case-control Series
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Genicular Nerve Block
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
- Start date
- 2018-05-28
- Primary completion
- 2018-09-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects undergoing TKR * Acceptance to participate * ASA physical status II-III * Age \> 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Allergy to local anesthetics * History of substance abuse
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04024319