Duration of analgesia after forefoot surgery compared between an ankle and a sciatic nerve block at the popliteal crease: A randomised controlled single-blinded trial
Authors' conclusion
Compared with the ankle block, the sciatic nerve block at the popliteal crease does not provide a longer duration of analgesia in patients undergoing forefoot surgery in the setting of multimodal analgesia.
Study context
- Population
- Patients scheduled for forefoot surgery, university hospital in Switzerland, 2018–202256 completed and analysed
- Participants
- 60 patients
- Comparison
- Ankle block vs sciatic nerve block at the popliteal crease
- Ankle blockn = 26reference
- Sciatic nerve blockn = 30
- Primary endpoint
- Duration of analgesia (time to first morphine request)
Methodological detailssingle-blinded, single-centre
- Single-blinded
- Single-centre
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.32
Secondary outcomes
No morphine request
P = 0.09
Other secondary outcomes
- Similar between groups
Original publication
Duration of analgesia after forefoot surgery compared between an ankle and a sciatic nerve block at the popliteal crease: A randomised controlled single-blinded trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 16 November 2023. doi:10.
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