Nerve Block to Reduce Pain During Below-Knee Fracture Surgery
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Heart & circulation, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests a nerve-blocking injection (numbing medicine around the femoral artery nerve in your groin area) to help reduce pain and blood pressure changes during below-knee fracture surgery when a tourniquet (pressure cuff) is used. The goal is to see if this approach makes surgery more comfortable and safer.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older
- Your overall health is stable enough for surgery (no severe heart, lung, or kidney disease)
- You speak Greek or English fluently
- You are having surgery for a below-knee fracture that requires a tourniquet for at least 45 minutes
- You have no skin infection or inflammation where the nerve block injection would go
- You are not allergic to local anesthetics or other pain medications
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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