Ultrasound Guidance for Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia

Terminated

• Conditions: Epidural Space Depth
• Interventions: Device: Ultrasound

• Registration Number: NCT02436109
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

Most women delivering by cesarean at BC Women's receive regional anesthesia; which includes spinal, epidural, or combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. In all these techniques a needle is placed in the lower back and local anesthetic is injected to freeze the body. Normally, before the needle is placed in a patients' back, the anesthesiologist will feel between their back bones with his/her fingers to find the right spot for the needle. This study will be evaluating if the distance from the skin to the appropriate spinal space measured with a novel 3D Ultrasound will equal the actual depth of the needle insertion.

Detailed Description

The investigators will be evaluating if the distance from the skin to the appropriate spinal space measured with a novel 3D Ultrasound will equal the actual depth of the needle insertion.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-05-01
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2016-05
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2016-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2016-11-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• term pregnancy
• elective cesarean

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Exclusion Criteria

• scoliosis
• high bmi

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
study group	Ultrasound	elective cesarean delivery patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
epidural space depth	intraoperative	comparison of ultrasound measured epidural space to actual needle insertion

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BC Women's Hospital; 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada