The Perineural Local Anaesthetic Catheter After Major Lower Limb Amputation Trial (Placement): A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study

Introduction - Pain control after major lower limb amputation for peripheral vascular disease is a significant problem, due to the multifactorial nature of post-amputation pain, contra-indication of epidural anaesthesia in many patients and side effects of opioid analgesics and patient frailty. A perineural catheter is a thin plastic tube which may be placed adjacent to the sciatic or tibial nerve at the time of amputation, through which a...