Comparison between fixation of Epidural catheters by different methods to prevent epidural catheter migration
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z768- Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/048709
- Lead Sponsor
- Sandeep R
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients scheduled to undergo elective Epidural analgesia for Lower limb orthopaedic surgeries
2.Patients of ASA physical status 1 & 2.
3.Patients of either sex
4.Age > 18 or < 60 years
Exclusion Criteria
1.Body mass index > 40
2.Patients with allergy to the drugs that are tested or any other contraindications for epidural analgesia.
3.Patients having local / systemic illness.
4.Patients with Coagulation disorders.
5.Patients who cannot lie down / non-co-operative /psychiatric illness.
6.Patientsâ?? refusal for participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the incidence of catheter inward and outward movement in all three techniquesTimepoint: By metric data for a period of 3days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To compare NRS score in all three groupsTimepoint: in terms of NRS score 1-10;2.To compare the incidence of complications (local inflammation, pain, intravascular injection, catheter shearing, intrathecal drug injection)Timepoint: in terms of metric units;3.To compare incidence of analgesic failure in all three groups <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: in terms of metric units