# Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Local Anesthetic Injection Into or Around the Sciatic Nerve for Lower Limb Anesthesia

> **NCT01999647** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Parma** · enrollment: 64 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Orthopedic Disorders
- Foot Diseases
- Injuries, Leg
- Injuries, Foot
- Injuries, Knee

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intraneural Injection for Subgluteal Sciatic Nerve Block
- **PROCEDURE:** Perineural Injection for Subgluteal Sciatic Nerve Block
- **PROCEDURE:** Femoral Nerve Block
- **PROCEDURE:** Patient-Controlled Postoperative Analgesia
- **DRUG:** Ropivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01999647
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Parma
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-12
- **Primary completion:** 2012-09
- **Final completion:** 2012-12
- **Target enrollment:** 64 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-12-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01999647

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01999647, "Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Local Anesthetic Injection Into or Around the Sciatic Nerve for Lower Limb Anesthesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01999647. Licensed CC0.

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