Hand -Forearm surgeries under local anesthetic block
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients aged between 18 to 60 years, of either gender, belonging to ASA Iand II[no other prevailing illness or illness which are under control with medication
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/02/011671
- Lead Sponsor
- PG THESIS FUND
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged between 18 to 60 years, of either gender, belonging to ASA I
and II[no other prevailing illness or illness which are under control with medication, posted for hand
or forearm surgery, that can be done using upper limb block, not requiring motor block will be enrolled for the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who need general anaesthesia, who need motor blockade, who are
not willing to be awake during surgery, with known allergy to the anesthetic
drug ropivacaine known difficult airway and who are
more than ASA II physical status will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Success rate of producing differential nerve block as defined by adequate sensory block to <br/ ><br>perform surgery but retention of motor power to permit intraoperative assessmentTimepoint: serial assessment the patients for onset of <br/ ><br>sensory and motor block, every minute for the first five minutes and every five minutes for the next <br/ ><br>30 minutes.then every 30mmin from then on
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Allows Surgeon to assess adequacy of his surgery as he performs it patient respond to his instructions, being awake but pain free. Early mobility of hand <br/ ><br>after surgery, less complication compared to general anaesthesia . The results of this study will be potentially beneficial to other patients with <br/ ><br>similar problem undergoing surgery in the future. <br/ ><br>time duration of action of drug,ie time of block to 1st request for analgesia by patientTimepoint: time of giving of block to time of request of analgesia by the patient