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CompletedNCT05960422Updated Aug 1, 2023

Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block and Adductor Canal Block

An interventional study of Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block and Adductor canal block in Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block and Adductor Canal Block, sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-08-01.

Sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2021, registered Jul 2023).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
52
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to determine the effect of adding adductor canal block to popliteal sciatic nerve block on patient-surgeon satisfaction, intraoperative sedation need, tourniquet pain, return time of motor block, and postoperative pain in patients undergoing hallux valgus correction surgery. The main question it aims to answer are:

  • Does peroperative pain decrease?
  • Do patient-surgeon satisfaction increase? The patients were divided into two groups, the Popliteal Sciatic Block (PSB) group, and the Popliteal Sciatic Block + Adductor Canal Block (PSB + ACB) group.
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Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups as popliteal sciatic nerve block (Group PSB), popliteal sciatic nerve + adductor canal block (Group PSB + ACB). In this study, 52 patients scheduled for hallux valgus correction operations, in the American Society of Anesthesiologists I-III groups, between the ages of 18-80, were enrolled. Study was planned as a prospective, randomized and controlled trial. All patients were perfomed PSB with 10 ml 0.5% bupivacaine and 10 ml 2% prilocaine in the prone position, using ultrasonography and nerve stimulator. 10 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine and 10 ml of 2% prilocaine were administered to the patients in the ACB + PSB group in the supine position, in addition to PSB. Patients with coagulopathy, infection at the region site of regional blockade, allergy of local anesthetic drugs, peripheral neuropathy and neurogenic disorders affecting the lower extremities, peripheral artery disease, mental retardation and those who did not give consent to study were excluded. All patients were sedated with 1-2 mg midazolam and 50 µg fentanyl. After the blocks were performed , sensory -motor block onset time, surgery-tourniquet time, tourniquet pain, motor block time, pain onset time, first analgesic administration time (NPRS≥4) and analgesic administered were recorded. Anesthesiologists evaluating these data were blinded to group distribution .

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Conditions studied

  • Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block
  • Adductor Canal Block

Keywords

  • Popliteal sciatic block, adductor canal block
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In context

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Medeniyet University is the lead sponsor of 188 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged between 18 and 80
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA I-III

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with coagulopathy
  • Patient with wounds or infections in the region
  • Patient with allergies to local anesthetic drugs
  • Patient with significantly impaired peripheral neuropathy and neurogenic disorders affecting the lower extremity
  • Patient with peripheral arterial disease
  • Patient with mental retardation
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
52 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

    Patients are in the group undergoing popliteal sciatic block

    Procedure: Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

  • Active comparator
    Adductor Canal Block

    Patients are in the group undergoing popliteal sciatic block + adductor canal block

    Procedure: Adductor canal block

Interventions

  • ProcedurePopliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

    Patients undergoing popliteal sciatic block, the side where the procedure would be performed in the prone position was sterilized after appropriate antisepsis. After visualizing the popliteal artery in the popliteal fossa with the probe it was advanced proximally in a horizontal and minimally lateral position to determine the point of separation of the tibial and peroneal nerves from the sciatic nerve. Subcutaneous local anesthesia was applied at this point after the skin, and the stimulator needle was advanced towards the sciatic nerve in an in-plane approach, passing through the skin and subcutaneous tissue, and then the nerve stimulator was opened up to 1 mA. After observing motor movement in the foot, the stimulator was reduced to 0.3-0.5 mA, and after observing motor movements for duration of 0.1 ms, 10 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine + 10 ml of 2% prilocaine were administered to the target tissue

  • ProcedureAdductor canal block

    Patients in the group undergoing popliteal sciatic block + adductor canal block, with the extremity to be blocked slightly externally rotated, the anterior part of the thigh was prepared with the necessary antiseptic procedures while the patient was in the supine position. Using an ultrasound probe, the femoral artery was visualized by advancing the ultrasound probe distally, and the saphenous nerve was identified just lateral to the femoral artery, beneath the sartorius muscle. At the junction of the sartorius muscle and vastus medialis, 10 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine + 10 ml of 2% prilocaine were applied to the periphery of the saphenous nerve. Subsequently, the patient was turned prone, and a popliteal sciatic block was performed.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Postoperative Pain

    The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). Between 1-10. The low values mean low pain and a better outcome.

    Time frame: Postoperative 24 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
    Istanbul, Kadikoy 34720, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 1, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05960422
Lead sponsor
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Responsible party
Ezgi POLAT (Principal Investigator, Istanbul Medeniyet University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 25, 2023
Start date
Sep 1, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 10, 2022
Completion
Feb 10, 2022
Last update
Aug 1, 2023

Study contacts

Ezgi Polat
principal investigator · İstanbul Medeniyet University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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