# Continuous Popliteal Nerve Blocks: Effect of Perineural Catheter Tip Location Relative to the Sciatic Nerve Bifurcation on Postoperative Analgesia

> **NCT01229696** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 150 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Popliteal Nerve Block
- Foot Surgery
- Ankle Surgery
- Popliteal Bifurcation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Catheter Placed At Bifurcation
- **PROCEDURE:** Catheter Placed 5cm Above Bifurcation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01229696
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-10
- **Primary completion:** 2015-06
- **Final completion:** 2015-06
- **Target enrollment:** 150 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01229696

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01229696, "Continuous Popliteal Nerve Blocks: Effect of Perineural Catheter Tip Location Relative to the Sciatic Nerve Bifurcation on Postoperative Analgesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01229696. Licensed CC0.

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