To Evaluate Skin Epidural Depth By USG Versus Epidural Depth Equation and Correlation With BMI of Patient.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/10/028560
- Lead Sponsor
- Department Of Anesthesia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
BMI of 18.5â??29.9 kg/m2
ASA grade I,II
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal for epidural anaesthesia, history of neurological diseases, previous spinal surgery, deformities of the spine, infection at the puncture site, coagulopathies, and any other contraindication to neuraxial block will be excluded from this study. Parturients and patients with BMI >30 kg/m2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Precision of measurement of skin to posterior complex depth as compared to the depth measured using epidural depth equation.Timepoint: Outcome will be assessed at baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Correlation between actual needle insertion depth with the USG measured depth and epidural depth equation. <br/ ><br>The visibility of the neuraxial structures at the L3 L4 or L4 L5 lumbar intersapce on the four point scale to measure total ultrasound visibility score.Timepoint: Outcome will be assessed at baseline