Pilot and feasibility study investigating the effects of general anaesthesia vs. regional anaesthesia on arteriovenous fistula patency.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic kidney disease; Surgical Anaesthesia; Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001769178
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Raymond Hu

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 24 April 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients (>18 years).
Stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are undergoing or planning to undergo haemodialysis (HD) within 12 months.
Planned de novo AVF surgery in an upper limb.
Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant women
Patient refusal or inability to consent.
Clinician (surgeon or anaesthetist) decision not to participate (e.g. lack of experience with brachial plexus block).
Contraindications to brachial plexus block (e.g. infection at site of brachial plexus block, coagulopathy, allergy to any local anaesthetic component).
Use of arteriovenous graft material intended.
Any prior AVF surgery on operative upper limb or revision surgery.
Concurrent surgery on other parts of the body at index procedure.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified