identification of lumbar epidural space by manual palpation vs ultrasonography
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/065268
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sahana bv
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
scheduled for infraumbilical surgeries under sole epidural or combined spinal epidural
Exclusion Criteria
less than 18 years, more than 60 years
patients refusing to give informed written consent
patients with spinal deformity or infection
patient with ASA 3,4
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficacy of ultrasonography vs manual palpation technique for localization of epidural space in terms of:First pass success rates. <br/ ><br>SECONDARY OUTCOMWS <br/ ><br>time taken to insert epidural needle <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficacy of ultrasonography vs manual palpation technique for localization of epidural space in terms of 1.The time taken to insert an epidural needle.2.Number of attempts. <br/ ><br>3.Correlation between the actual needle depth & ultrasound measured depth. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: baseline