# Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks for the Sciatic and Saphenous Nerves: Characteristics of the Single Penetration Dual Injection (SPEDI) Technique

> **NCT01815372** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Bispebjerg Hospital** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Lower Leg Surgery, e.g. Ankle Fractures

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Single penetration dual injection (SPEDI) block technique to block the sciatic and the saphenous nerve with one needle penetration of the skin
- **PROCEDURE:** The classical popliteal sciatic nerve block combined with the mid-femoral saphenous nerve block

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01815372
- **Lead sponsor:** Bispebjerg Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-10
- **Primary completion:** 2013-04
- **Final completion:** 2013-06
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-11-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01815372

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01815372, "Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks for the Sciatic and Saphenous Nerves: Characteristics of the Single Penetration Dual Injection (SPEDI) Technique". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01815372. Licensed CC0.

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