Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Brachial Plexus Blocks and Selective Distal Blocks in Terms of Anesthesia

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Pain, Postoperative; Anesthesia, Local
• Interventions: Other: descriptive

• Registration Number: NCT05656625
• Lead Sponsor: Samsun University

Brief Summary

Ultrasound-guided brachial plexus blocks (infraclavicular, axillary) can be applied as the main anesthetic method in hand and wrist surgeries, as well as single or combination block applications of the median, radial and ulnar nerves at the forearm level.

Here, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate the perioperative and postoperative data of patients who underwent hand and wrist surgery under distal nerve blocks and brachial plexus blocks in our hospital.

Detailed Description

The retrospective files of patients who used ultrasound guided regional anesthesia techniques as the main anesthetic method in hand and wrist surgeries in our hospital between 01.01.2021 and 01.09.2022 will be examined. Patients over the age of 18 who go to hand and wrist surgery will be included. Patients who have undergone surgical intervention in more than one region in the same session and who have psychiatric disorders that will affect the perception of pain will be excluded from the study. Demographic characteristics, American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) scores, comorbidity, block performed (distal peripheral nerve block and/or brachial nerve block) and volume applied, block performance time, first analgesia times, surgery times, surgery types, discharge times, additional The existence of the complaint will be recorded. The data obtained by grouping the patients according to the type of anesthesia applied (brachial plexus block and distal nerve blocks) will be subjected to statistical analysis.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-21
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-12
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-19
• Study Start: 2022-12-20
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-29
• Study Completion: 2022-12-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-29
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients over the age of 18 who go to hand and wrist surgery will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who have undergone surgical intervention in more than one region in the same session and who have psychiatric disorders that will affect the perception of pain will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group distal nerve block(DNB)	descriptive	Radial, median and ulnar nerve blocks were used alone or in combinations as a method of anesthesia for patients who had undergone hand and wrist surgery.
group brachial plexus block(BPB)	descriptive	Brachial plexus blocks (infraclavicular, axillary etc.) was applied to patients who were going to undergo hand and wrist surgery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality in Anaesthesia	up 24 hours	The patients were called by phone and asked to evaluate the anesthesia technique used in their surgery. Three main judgments including 'quality of anesthesia', 'whether they would prefer the same anesthesia again' and 'whether they would recommend this technique to others' were evaluated with a 5-point Likert scale. 5 point Likert scale consists of 5 answer options which will contain two extreme poles and a neutral option connected with intermediate answer options. In evaluation of parient satisfaction, we used 5 point Likert scale example to measure satisfaction is: (1) Very dissatisfied, (2)Dissatisfied, (3) Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, (4) Satisfied , (5)Very satisfied .; In other terms, (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Strongly agree.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
block performance time	intraoperative	Block performance time was defined as the time from ultrasound probe insertion to needle removal at the end of perineural injections.
complications	up to 24 hours	The presence of complications will be evaluated during and after the block.
additional anesthetic/analgesic requirement	perioperative period	additional analgesic requirement will be evaluated intraoperatively or postoperatively.
discharge time	up to 24 hours	The time of discharge will be specified in both groups.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsun University; 🇹🇷 Samsun, Ilkadım, Turkey