ltrasound guided spermatic cord block for scrotal surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Regional anaesthesia; Surgery; Anaesthesia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN44647819
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bern (Switzerland)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06-26
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Electively planned patients (male or female aged at least 16 years - no upper age limit), for subcapsular orchiectomy or vaso-vasostomy.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal of regional anaesthesia
2. Patients with anticoagulation
3. Anamnesis of haemorrhagic diathesis
4. Adipositas (Body Mass Index [BMI] greater than 40)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Success rate of the blockade defined as surgery without any substitution (analgesics, conversion to general anaesthesia).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) (0 - 10) during blockade and every 30 minutes after beginning of surgery<br>2. Volume of local anaesthesia for blockade<br>3. Duration of blockade: defined as point of time of the first demand of analgesics after surgery<br>4. Patient satisfaction (scale 0 - 5) in general 1 week after surgery