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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
GroupInterventionDescription
compression groupskin compressionskin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point
non-compression groupskin compressionnon skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total radiation exposure timeimmediately ≤1 sec after the confirmation of successful epidural injection

Total radiation exposure time during whole epidural procedure.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The number of the needle readjustmentsimmediately ≤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

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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