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USG versus Combined PNS and USG guided Axillary Nerve Block in patients undergoing Upper limb surgeries

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Medical and Surgical,
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/04/065947
Lead Sponsor
Padala Sri sai Kamala Harika
Brief Summary

The effectiveness of electrical nerve stimulation of evoked motor responses has been called into doubt because ultrasonography is now frequently used to localise nerves during peripheral nerve blocking. Nerve stimulation’s function has evolved from that of a method for locating nerves to that of an addition to ultrasonography. When using ultrasound guided procedures, nerve stimulation may be effective as a safeguard against needle-nerve contact and as a means of avoiding nerves that are in the needle’s trajectory. When the position or appearance of the nerves may be varied, nerve stimulation is also a helpful adjunct in training amateurs in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia.

Hence for surgeries involving elbow and forearm both USG and pns vs only USG guided Axillary nerve block is given.

And the efficacy of the block is assessed in the terms of time taken to perform the block, occurrence of LAST, Intraneural injections, onset of sensory and motor blockade in both procedures which is assessed by NRS SCALE and LOWETT muscle power scale.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

ASA GRADE 1&2.

Exclusion Criteria

No consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Latency by Modified Lovett Muscle Power Scale and Numerical Rating Scale for pain0mins | 1min | 2mins | 3mins | 5mins | 7mins | 10mins
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Need for supplementary analgesic agent by using Numerical Rating Scale for pain0min

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Government General Hospital, Kakinada

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Godavari, ANDHRA PRADESH, India

Government General Hospital, Kakinada
🇮🇳Godavari, ANDHRA PRADESH, India
Padala Sri sai Kamala Harika
Principal investigator
9603023224
psskharika@gmail.com

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