A study to compare the accuracy of using ultrasound versus landmark guided method for locating subarachnoid space in patients having cesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/071890
- Lead Sponsor
- lady hardinge medical college
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients for elective cesarean delivery as categorized by RCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) in categories III and IV
Exclusion Criteria
any contraindications of spinal anaethesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the accuracy (in terms number of patients having successful needle first pass attempt) of pre-procedural ultrasound and conventional landmark method for locating subarachnoid space in patients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesiaTimepoint: free flow of CSF in single attempt(time noted in seconds)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1 To compare ultrasound depth of subarachnoid space with real needle to target distance in ultrasound group <br/ ><br>2 Number of successful needle first pass attempt in patients of various BMI <br/ ><br>3 Number of needle redirections <br/ ><br>4 Number of skin punctures required <br/ ><br>5 Number of attempted intervertebral spaces <br/ ><br>6 Total procedure time <br/ ><br>7 Patient satisfaction using five point Likert scale after 24 hours postoperatively <br/ ><br>8 Complications such as headache backache incidence of bloody tapTimepoint: 1 measure of target distance in ultrasound to free flow of CSF in the spinal needle hub <br/ ><br>2 free flow of CSF <br/ ><br>3 free flow of CSF <br/ ><br>4 free flow of CSF <br/ ><br>5 free flow of CSF <br/ ><br>6 free flow of CSF <br/ ><br>7 free flow of CSF in the spinal needle hub to 24 hours post operatively <br/ ><br>8 free flow of CSF in the spinal needle hub to 24 hours post operatively <br/ ><br>