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A Comparison of Two Injection Locations in Obese Patients Having Lower Leg/Foot Surgery

United States60 participantsStarted 2012-03

Plain-language summary

One technique for the nerve block involves injecting the numbing medicine where the nerve is together (higher up in the back of the thigh). The other technique involves injecting the numbing medicine where the nerve splits into two parts. By injecting numbing medication around the nerve(s), there will be less pain after the procedure. It is thought that the numbing medicine will be easier to inject in the group that the nerves are split. It is expected that subjects may need less pain medication and have lower pain ratings in this group too.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥ 18 years of age undergoing unilateral foot and/or ankle surgery * Severe or morbid obesity, defined as a BMI of 35-39 or ≥ 40, respectively * ASA status I-IV * Ability to understand and provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * True allergy, not sensitivity, to any of the following substances: Local Anesthetics Midazolam Fentanyl Hydromorphone Propofol * Pregnancy * Evidence of infection at or near the proposed needle insertion site * Unstable or undetermined neurologic disease of the lower extremity * Chronic pain patients * Patient refusal or inability to provide informed consent

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01550094

SponsorJose Soberon, MD

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2015-10

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