# Does Ultrasound Improve Procedural Time in the Lateral Popliteal Approach to the Sciatic Nerve in Obese Patients

> **NCT01579747** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of New Mexico** · enrollment: 25 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Ultrasound
- **PROCEDURE:** Nerve stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01579747
- **Lead sponsor:** University of New Mexico
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-07
- **Primary completion:** 2012-12
- **Final completion:** 2013-03
- **Target enrollment:** 25 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-01-24

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01579747

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01579747, "Does Ultrasound Improve Procedural Time in the Lateral Popliteal Approach to the Sciatic Nerve in Obese Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01579747. Licensed CC0.

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