Selective Local Anesthetic Placement Using Ultrasound-guidance and Neurostimulation for the Infraclavicularbrachial Plexus Block

Vanderbilt University1 site in 1 country218 target enrollmentDecember 2006

ConditionsHand Surgery Elbow Surgery Forearm Surgery Wrist Surgery

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Hand Surgery
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University
Enrollment: 218
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: increase success rate of the block to produce surgical anesthesia and analgesia
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 8 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Does ultrasound increases the success rate and if there is a difference in success rate between placing the local anesthetic centrally versus peripherally.

Detailed Description

A comparison of the infraclavicular placement of local anesthetic either centrally (posterior cord) vs peripheral placement (lateral or medial cord) using ultrasound guidance. This will be done to determine if ultrasound increases the success rate and if there is a difference in success rate between placing the local anesthetic centrally versus peripherally.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 2006

End Date

March 2009

Last Updated

8 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Clifford Bowens

Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class I-III.
•Patient is undergoing elective hand or forearm surgery.
•Patient is an adult, 18 years old or older.

Exclusion Criteria

•Morbid obesity (calculated body mass index \> 35 kg/m2).
•Patient unable to cooperate.
•Patient with a known brachial plexus injury.
•Medical contraindication to anesthetic technique (allergy, cardiac condition, neurologic condition, localized infection, bleeding disorder).
•Patients who are pregnant.