Motor Sparing Knee block versus Local Infiltration In knee surgery

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Comparison of Motor Sparing Knee (MSK) block versus Local Infiltration In Primary Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

• IRAS ID

  151413

• Contact name

  John Dingley

• Contact email

  j.dingley@swan.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  R&D Department

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 6 months, days

• Research summary

  It is routine practise for the rehabilitation process to start immediately after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The ideal analgesic modality would permit adequate knee flexion with minimal motor impairment and have no systemic side effects.
  Following personal experience with sometimes high failure rate of infiltration technique in terms of pain relief, the principal investigator has developed a motor sparing knee block which we think has the potential to provide enhanced analgesia compared to local infiltration, whilst avoiding motor weakness and its concurrent deleterious effects on mobilisation after TKA
  The aim is to undertake a double blinded randomised control study comparing the MSK block against the standard local infiltration regimen for a primary TKA.

• REC name

  Wales REC 6

• REC reference

  15/WA/0281

• Date of REC Opinion

  27 Oct 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion