Analgesic Efficacy of Blocking Nerve to Vastus Lateralis Muscle versus Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve after Knee Surgeries

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202304721545851

Enrollment

Registered

2023-04-18

Start date

2023-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-27

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Conditions

Orthopaedics Anaesthesia

Interventions

Spinal anesthesia and adductor canal block

nerve to vastus lateralis block

lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Patient’s approval. • Age: 40 – 75 years. • Sex: Both males and females. • Physical Status: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II & III

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Patient refusal • Age: >75 and <40 years. • Allergy to local anesthetics, systemic opioids and any of the drugs included in the multimodal perioperative pain protocol. • Revision surgery. • Patients with impaired kidney functions and coagulopathy. • Chronic pain syndromes and patients with chronic opioid use defined as use of regular daily doses of systemic narcotics for the past 6 months prior to the surgery. • BMI of 40 or more. • Physical Status: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) IV.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Time to first rescue analgesia. 2. Total Morphine consumption in the first 24 hours. 3. Anesthetic complications	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contactomar elsheshtawy

assistant lecturer

ohatem140@gmail.com+201096882518

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026