CTRI/2025/06/089578
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Preoperative ultrasound examination of posterior longitudinal ligament: A screening and predictive tool for difficult spinal anaesthesia
Suchitra P1 site in 1 country100 target enrollmentStarted: August 1, 2025Last updated:
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Suchitra P
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Correlation between posterior longitudinal ligament score and success of spinal anaesthesia
Overview
Brief Summary
Ultrasound guidance has emerged as a useful tool for Preoperative assessment. It can help to reduce the multiple needle attempts and help to improve success rates and reduce complications and hence can be used as a screening tool for difficult spinal anaesthesia.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18.00 Year(s) to 60.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •ASA PS grade 1 to 3 and patients willing to participate and provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with contraindications to spinal anaesthesia, with known spinal deformities or previous spinal surgeries, with pregnancy complications requiring urgent intervention and uncooperative or non consenting patients.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Correlation between posterior longitudinal ligament score and success of spinal anaesthesia
Time Frame: 1 year
Secondary Outcomes
- Identification of the best lumbar level for spinal anaesthesia using posterior longitudinal ligament assessment(1 year 0 days)
Investigators
Suchitra P
Mvj medical college and research hospital
Study Sites (1)
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