Safety and efficacy of catheter-over-needle and catheter-through-needle methods for continuous femoral nerve block: A prospective comparative study.

Safety and efficacy of catheter-over-needle and catheter-through-needle methods for continuous femoral nerve block: A prospective comparative study. - Safety and efficacy of catheter-over-needle and catheter-through-needle methods for continuous femoral nerve block: A prospective comparative study.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000021537

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-24

Start date

2016-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis of the knee

Interventions

In all cases, the catheter is inserted over-needle before surgery. after confirming the catheter position, 15ml of 0.25% ropivacaine is administered. Then, selective tibial nerve block is performed wi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: elective total knee arthroplasty surgery be comprehensible to the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Re-surgery case Local anesthetic allergy ASA PS>2 infection of insertion site uncontrollable hypertension severe diabetes mellitus(HbA1c>8.0%) CKD Ccr<15ml/min Systemic steroid administration (Predonin >20mg/day) bleeding tendency pregnant, lactating woman be incomprehensible to the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Leakage from the catheter insertion site after 50hours from starting continuos local anesthetic infusion.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYoshiyasu Hattammaru

The Jikei University Daisan Hospital Department of anesthesiology

h-marumaru@jikei.ac.jp03-3480-1151

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026