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Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter
Interventions
Other: thoracic epidural catheterization
Registration Number
NCT03362255
Lead Sponsor
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
Brief Summary

It is reported that optic nerve sheath diameter increases when higher volume of medication is injected during epidural anesthesia.

This study is designed to compare the optic nerve sheath diameter using 10cc of nomal saline of different speed (3cc/sec vs. 1cc/sec).

Detailed Description

It is known that insufficient intraoperative or postoperative management can lengthen the hospital stay with unwanted complications. Therefore, active and proper management using continuous thoracic epidural catheterization is suggested good option to prevent such potential complication.

According to previous study, injection of different volume of local anesthetics (1.0 ml/kg vs. 1.5 ml/kg) during caudal anesthesia, high volume of local anesthetics resulted in significant increase of intracranial pressure (ICP). Increase of ICP can reduce regional cerebral flow and oxygen saturation causing the safety of patients. In addition, increase of ICP can result in headache, syncope, and transient loss of visual acuity.

Although it is very invasive method, ICP can be measured directly at the brain parenchyme. Among methods to measure the ICP indirectly, measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter using ultrasound is known to reflect the degree of ICP. It is reported that optic nerve sheath diameter increases when higher volume of medication is injected during epidural anesthesia.

This study is designed to compare the optic nerve sheath diameter using 10cc of nomal saline of different speed (3cc/sec vs. 1cc/sec).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • lung cancer
  • liver cancer
  • stomach cancer
  • pancreas cancer
Exclusion Criteria
  • coagulopathy
  • infection
  • previous spine fusion at thoracic level
  • previous brain surgery

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Slow speed of injectionthoracic epidural catheterizationSlow speed of injection (1cc/sec) during thoracic epidurography thoracic epidural catheterization
Rapid speed of injectionthoracic epidural catheterizationRapid speed of injection (3cc/sec) during thoracic epidurography thoracic epidural catheterization
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
optic nerve sheath diameter change among 4 time periodBaseline, 1 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes after the completion of the intervention

optic nerve sheath diameter change among 4 time period using ultrasound

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ji Hee Hong

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Daegu, Korea, Republic of

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