To compare level of sensory loss resulting in absence of pain sensation and blood pressure stability between supine position and ten degree upward table tilt after administration of spinal block in patients undergoing lower limb arthroscopic surgery.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/059920
- Lead Sponsor
- Vardhman Mahavir medical college and Safdarjung Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients aged 18 to 65 years
2.Belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status class I or II
3.Undergoing lower limb surgery of expected duration less than two hours under spinal anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients who are pregnant
2.Obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2)
3.Height <165 cms and >180 cms
4.Known spinal anomaly
5.Local infection
6.Coagulopathies
7.On anticoagulant medication
8.Any contraindication to spinal anaesthesia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the number of spinal segments blocked above T12 dermatomal level after administration of drug into subarachnoid space in patients undergoing lower limb surgery in ten-degree reverse Trendelenburg position and supine position.Timepoint: To compare the number of spinal segments blocked above T12 dermatomal level at 20 mins after administration of drug into subarachnoid space in patients undergoing lower limb surgery in ten-degree reverse Trendelenburg position and supine position.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To compare the incidence of hypotension & vasopressor requirement. <br/ ><br>2.To compare the time taken for regression of spinal block till T12 dermatome level.Timepoint: 1.To compare the incidence of hypotension & vasopressor requirement at baseline, time of spinal block, 2 mins after spinal block, 4 mins after spinal block & so on. <br/ ><br>2.To compare the time taken for regression of spinal block till T12 dermatome level. Level of block to be assessed at 20 mins, 40 mins, 60 mins, 80 mins & 120 mins after administration of drug into subarachnoid space.