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Nerve Block vs Periarticular Injection: serious adverse events

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 10.05060.01990.123wilson
Risk in group 2000.0453wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 20.0506-0.004110.123newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2loga group has no participants with the outcome
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2loga cell of the two-by-two table is zero
Number needed to harm, for one more participant with a serious adverse event on Nerve Block than on Periarticular Injection19.8from the risk difference intervalthe interval includes no difference

Groups2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Nerve Block
Preoperative femoral block with indwelling femoral catheter and a single shot sciatic block.~Nerve Block: Regional anesthetic nerve block using an indwelling femoral nerve catheter and a single shot sciatic nerve block using 0.5% ropivacaine.
479EG000
Group 2Periarticular Injection
Injection combination prior to skin closure.~Periarticular Injection: Periarticular local injection into the periarticular soft tissues at the time of knee replacement using a combination of ropivacaine, epinephrine, ketorolac, and morphine sulphate. Subjects in this arm received the injection combination based on three subject weight categories.
081EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, serious adverse events
Time frame
Adverse events were collected from within 4 days of the surgery.

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
Management of Postoperative Pain After Total Knee Replacement.
NCT number
NCT01163214
Phases
PHASE4
Conditions
Postoperative Pain, Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
Interventions
Nerve Block, Periarticular Injection
Lead sponsor
Mark J. Spangehl, M.D.
Results first posted
2014-11-05

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
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outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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