COMPARISON OF ULTRASOUND VERSUS LANDMARK TECHNIQUE FOR SPINAL ANESTHESIA IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFICULT SPINE ANATOMY
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: - Health Condition 3: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/03/041305
- Lead Sponsor
- Dayanand Medical college and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
�Lumbar spine deformity: kyphosis, lordosis or scoliosis
�Poorly palpable or impalpable spinous processes.
�BMI � 30 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
1. Refusal for spinal anaesthesia
2. Coagulopathy
3. INR > 1.5, platelet count <100 x 109/L
4. Local site infection
5. Allergy to local anaesthetic drugs
6. Patients having any contraindications to spinal anaesthesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken to identify the best intervertebral space by palpation to time taken from insertion of needle to acquisition of CSFTimepoint: 24 hrs
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the total procedure time. <br/ ><br>To compare peri-procedural pain, discomfort scores and complications if any <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 24 hrs