Patient-reported outcomes after femoral nerve block versus periarticular injections in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A randomized Controlled study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201907657139393

Enrollment

130

Registered

2019-07-01

Start date

2019-04-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Anaesthesia

Interventions

periarticular injections

Femoral nerve block

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: One hundred and thirty patients scheduled for unilateral total knee arthroplasty will be selected with the following inclusion criteria: ASA grade 1-111, able to understand and communicate with the anesthetists and an age between 40-80 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria of the patients: previous major knee surgery to the same side, overweight (BMI >35), Rheumatoid arthritis, chronic opioid use (more than 3 months), hepatic or renal failure, allergy to any of the drug used in this study and history of any psychiatric disease that could affect perception of pain or communication with the medical staff.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
quality of recovery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain scores will be assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). The score ranged from 0-10 that will be evaluated by blinded investigator	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactHanan Mina

Lecturer of pediatrics Faculty of medicin Helwan university Cairo Egypt

hananminaped@gmail.com00201203032096

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026