# Comparison of Two Techniques of Sciatic Nerve Block With Levobupivacaine 0.5% in Orthopedic Surgery

> **NCT01734954** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **CES University** · enrollment: 66 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Anesthesia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Sciatic nerve anesthesia blockade at bifurcation.
- **PROCEDURE:** Sciatic nerve blockade 2 cm beyond the bifurcation
- **DRUG:** Levobupivacaine 0.5%: 20 ml
- **DEVICE:** Portable Ultrasound Machine: Sonosite, M-Turbo, Bothell, WA
- **DEVICE:** Insulated Needle, (Stimuplex; Braun, Melsungen, Germany)
- **DRUG:** supplemental oxygen
- **DRUG:** Midazolam
- **DRUG:** Intravenous analgesics
- **PROCEDURE:** Saphenous nerve block

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01734954
- **Lead sponsor:** CES University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2013-04
- **Primary completion:** 2013-08
- **Final completion:** 2013-09
- **Target enrollment:** 66 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2013-04-19

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01734954

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01734954, "Comparison of Two Techniques of Sciatic Nerve Block With Levobupivacaine 0.5% in Orthopedic Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01734954. Licensed CC0.

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