Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty

Novello Siegenthaler, Alessandra Stefania; Hamdani, Mehdi; Iselin-Chaves, Irène Anne; Fournier, Roxane

doi:10.1186/s12871-018-0648-8

Scientific article

English

Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty

ContributorsNovello Siegenthaler, Alessandra Stefania; Hamdani, Mehdi; Iselin-Chaves, Irène Anne; Fournier, Roxane

Published inBMC Anesthesiology, vol. 18, no. 1, 191

Publication date2018

Abstract

Multiorifice catheters have been shown to provide superior analgesia and significantly reduce local anesthetic consumption compared with end-hole catheters in epidural studies. This prospective, blinded, randomized study tested the hypothesis that, in continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) under ultrasound guidance, multiorifice catheter would reduce local anesthetic consumption at 24 h compared with end-hole catheter.

Keywords

Aged
Analgesia
Patient-Controlled/methods
Analgesics
Opioid/administration & dosage
Anesthetics
Local/administration & dosage
Arthroplasty
Replacement
Knee/methods
Catheterization/methods
Catheters
Double-Blind Method
Female
Femoral Nerve/diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lidocaine/administration & dosage
Male
Middle Aged
Morphine/administration & dosage
Nerve Block/methods
Pain Measurement
Pain
Postoperative/drug therapy
Prospective Studies
Ropivacaine/administration & dosage
Time Factors
Ultrasonography
Interventional/methods

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences

Citation (ISO format)

NOVELLO SIEGENTHALER, Alessandra Stefania et al. Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty. In: BMC Anesthesiology, 2018, vol. 18, n° 1, p. 191. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0648-8