ENSURING CORRECT PLACEMENT OF EPIDURAL CATHETER FOR POST-OPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 yearsASA I and II patientsPatients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/04/006860
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 years,
ASA I and II patients,
Patients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery requiring postoperative epidural analgesia
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal to epidural analgesia
Morbidly obese patient
Emergency surgery
Contraindications to central neuraxial blockade
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To predict correct Epidural catheter placementTimepoint: immediately after epidural catheter placement, epidural analgesia is tested.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To predict a functional epidural analgesia if Meniscus sign is positiveTimepoint: immediately in postoperative period, when patient is initiated on epidural analgesia.