To compare ease of spinal needle insertion for anaesthesia in different positions
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/071978
- Lead Sponsor
- Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing lower abdomen, pelvic and lower limb surgeries under lumbar intrathecal anaesthesia
Patients coming under American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status- ?, ?, ?
Exclusion Criteria
1) Refusal to give informed consent
2) Body Mass Index (BMI) more than or equal to 30 kg per meter square
3) Patients with coagulation abnormalities
4) Patients with psychiatric and neurological
disorders
5) Patients unable to flex their knees and hips
6) Patients with any contraindication to lumbar
intrathecal anaesthesia
7) Patients with spine deformities
8) Pregnant and Lactating women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of spinal needle - bone contactsTimepoint: During the procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (1)Ease of landmark palpation <br/ ><br>(2)Successful insertion of spinal needle into lumbar intrathecal space <br/ ><br>(3)Number of attempts <br/ ><br>(4)Incidence of postdural puncture headache <br/ ><br>Timepoint: (1)During procedure <br/ ><br>(2)During procedure <br/ ><br>(3)During procedure <br/ ><br>(4)Postoperatively for 5 days <br/ ><br>