# The Effect of Forearm Nerve Blocks on Pain-free Tourniquet Time Compared to Local Anesthetic for Awake Hand Surgery

> **NCT04787835** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Manitoba** · enrollment: 40 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Metacarpal Fracture
- Finger Fracture
- Anesthesia, Local
- Tendon Injury - Hand

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Forearm nerve block
- **PROCEDURE:** Local anesthetic infiltration

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04787835
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Manitoba
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2022-12-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2023-05-01
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04787835

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04787835, "The Effect of Forearm Nerve Blocks on Pain-free Tourniquet Time Compared to Local Anesthetic for Awake Hand Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04787835. Licensed CC0.

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