Comparison of contralateral oblique view with lateral view for cervical epidural steroid injectio
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0005765
- Lead Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Patients who mandatorily need cervical epidural space access at the C6-7, C7-T1 level
- Patients who undergo cervical epidural block
- Patients who undergo cervical epidural neuroplasty
- Patients who undergo cervical blood patch
- 20 = age <80
- Patients who want to participate in this study and write informed consent voluntarily.
- An allergy to local anesthetics and contrast dye, or steroid
- Patients who are contraindicated in nerve block such as coagulopathy, infection at the insertion site
- Neurological or psychiatric disorders
- Pregnancy
- Patients who do not want to participate in this study
- Patients who had surgery on the cervical spine
- Patients who cannot see the epidural space due to severe stenosis at the injection site
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eedling time: procedural time from the skin puncture to approah the epidural space
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method First attempt success: achieving the successful epidural access at once without any backward movement of the needle;Total number of needle passes: First needle pass + additional needle passes;Success or failure: success indicates that the needle approaches the epidural space.;Crossover success: achieving successful epidural access by the use of another method if the primary process is failed.;Needle tip visualization;Needle tips location;false positive/negative loss of resistance;Procedure related complications;Radiation dose