Determination of a Proper Needle Entry Point; Effects of Skin Compression With an Indicator on Radiation Exposure Time of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal Epidural Block in Obese Patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain Due to Spinal Nerve Compression
- Interventions
- Procedure: skin compression
- Registration Number
- NCT02281227
- Lead Sponsor
- Yonsei University
- Brief Summary
To evaluate the effects of skin compression with an indicator at the needle entry point on radiation exposure time of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural block in obese patients
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult patients with ≥ 25 kg/m2 BMI who were scheduled for the transforaminal epidural injection
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Exclusion Criteria
- Local anesthetic allergy, coagulopathy
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description compression group skin compression skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point non-compression group skin compression non skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total radiation exposure time immediately ≤1 sec after the confirmation of successful epidural injection Total radiation exposure time during whole epidural procedure.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of the needle readjustments immediately ≤1 sec after the confirmation of successful epidural injection The number of the needle readjustments for successful epidural injection
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of