Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Intraneural Injection of Ropivacaine for Subgluteal Sciatic Nerve Block Leads to Faster Onset and Higher Success Rates: a Randomized, Controlled Trial
Brief Summary:
This study was designed to assess whether the injection of local anesthetic into the nerve (intraneural), as opposed to around it (perineural), requires a shorter time to develop surgical anesthesia of the lower leg.
The investigators will compare the two types of injection using the same drug, so as to determine if there is an actual difference onset time. They will also examine the overall success rate of either kind of sciatic nerve blocks as the sole anesthetic for non-emergent orthopedic surgery.
The safety of these procedures will be examined by in-hospital and phone-call follow-up contacts.