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Clinical Trials/NCT02342873
NCT02342873
Completed
Not Applicable

A Randomized Comparison of Nerve Stimulator-guided and Ultrasound-guided Interscalene Block for Shoulder Surgery

Cheju Halla General Hospital1 site in 1 country53 target enrollmentMarch 2014
ConditionsPain

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Pain
Sponsor
Cheju Halla General Hospital
Enrollment
53
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
duration of postoperative analgesia
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators compared the postoperative analgesia of nerve stimulator-guided and ultrasound-guided interscalene block after shoulder surgery.

Detailed Description

Ultrasound (US)-guided peripheral nerve block has increased in popularity. It has many advantages such as improved success rate, faster onset time, fewer needle passes, shorter performance time, and reduced procedural pain and vascular puncture. However, there is no information about postoperative analgesia. Therefore, the investigators tested whether nerve stimulator (NS) - guided interscalene block was inferior to ultrasound-guided block in terms of duration of postoperative analgesia for shoulder surgery.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
February 2015
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Chunwoo Yang

staff anesthesiologist

Cheju Halla General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical class I - III patients scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery

Exclusion Criteria

  • coagulopathy, severe pulmonary disease, neuropathy, contralateral diaphragmatic paresis, allergy to study medications

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

duration of postoperative analgesia

Time Frame: at 24h after surgery

time from completion of local anesthetic injection until the first request for an analgesic

Secondary Outcomes

  • patient discomfort (pain score (0 -10) during the procedure)(at 30 min after block placement)
  • paresthesia (presence of paresthesia during the procedure)(at 30 min after block placement)
  • motor block of hand(at 30 min after block placement)
  • onset time (complete block of sensory and motor nerve)(until 30min after completion of local anesthetic)
  • The number of needle redirections(at 30 min after block placement)
  • paresthesia of hand(at 30 min after block placement)
  • Pain score(at 24h after surgery)
  • Patient satisfaction(at 24h after surgery)
  • block performance time (the time between the block needle insertion and needle withdrawal)(at 30 min after block placement)
  • Supplemental analgesia(at 24h after surgery)

Study Sites (1)

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