# Comparing Postoperative Functional Recovery and Analgesic Efficacy of a Single Shot Sciatic Nerve Block Versus Posterior Capsule/Fat Pad Infiltration of Local Anesthetic for Total Knee Arthroplasty

> **NCT00677261** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre** · enrollment: 104 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Post Operative Analgesia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Sciatic Nerve Block
- **PROCEDURE:** Posterior capsule infiltration with local anesthetic
- **PROCEDURE:** Sham sciatic block and sham posterior infiltration

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00677261
- **Lead sponsor:** Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-06
- **Primary completion:** 2012-09
- **Final completion:** 2012-11
- **Target enrollment:** 104 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-11-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00677261

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00677261, "Comparing Postoperative Functional Recovery and Analgesic Efficacy of a Single Shot Sciatic Nerve Block Versus Posterior Capsule/Fat Pad Infiltration of Local Anesthetic for Total Knee Arthroplasty". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00677261. Licensed CC0.

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