Lateral Cutaneous Nerve and Subcostal Nerve Blockade for Hip Surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Optimising Analgesia for Lateral Hip Arthroplasty Incision: Can a Subcostal Nerve Block Add Benefit to a Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block?
IRAS ID
289392
Contact name
James Stimpson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
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Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 17 days
Research summary
Hip Surgery is a very common form of surgery carried out across many hospitals within the UK in emergency and elective form. There is a variation between amongst surgeons with regard to the initial surgical incision required for the operation. It is fairly common practice to anaesthetise the Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of the thigh for analgesic reasons prior to the start of surgery, however due to the variation in surgical practice (and evolving surgical practices) this may not cover the entire surgical incision site. Another group of nerves termed the subcostal nerve has been described in the texts to perhaps cover the area of surgical incision along with blockade of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh. On healthy volunteers we plan to anaesthetise the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh, and the subcostal nerve to ascertain and map out the area of anaesthesia to see whether this could be a viable technique for analgesia for hip surgery in the future.
REC name
East of England - Essex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/EE/0114
Date of REC Opinion
3 Aug 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion