Ultrasound Guidance in Nerve Block Anaesthesia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anesthesia
• Interventions: Procedure: ultrasound-guidance with echography

• Registration Number: NCT00213954
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Brief Summary

Nerve block anaesthesia is wildly practised in France, avoiding general anaesthesia in a number of cases and producing excellent post-operative analgesia in trauma and orthopaedic surgeries. Even realised by experimented anaesthetists, 5-15% of failures and rare complications (such as vascular puncture, paresthesia, systemic local anaesthetic toxicity, epidural and spinal anaesthesia, neuropathy) are noticed. The aim of the study is the evaluation of an ultrasound-guidance technique in the four predetermined blocks and the incidence of their complications.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-05
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-20
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-21
• Status Verified: 2009-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2009-02-25
• Primary Completion: 2009-03
• Study Completion: 2009-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1002

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged 18 years and greater, scheduled for one of these blocks: interscalene, humeral, parasacral or lumbar blocks, for trauma or orthopaedic surgeries, who have consented to the study and are with social insurance registration

Exclusion Criteria

• Block's contraindications, treatment by verapamil or flecainide

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
interscalene block	ultrasound-guidance with echography	Locoregional anesthesia selection
axillary block	ultrasound-guidance with echography	Locoregional anesthesia selection
lumbar block	ultrasound-guidance with echography	Locoregional anesthesia selection
parasacral plexus block	ultrasound-guidance with echography	Locoregional anesthesia selection

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sensory and motor block quality	15, 30 and 60 min after the block is performed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complications	during the hospitalisation and by phone 1, 3, 6 and 9 months after the surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Unité d'Anesthésiologie et de Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre; 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France