The Sonoplex needle: is it easier to see than our standard needle when performing ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic nerve blocks?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- eedle visibility during ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic nerve block.Needle visibility during ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic nerve block.Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000153011
- Lead Sponsor
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients due to have a femoral and/or a sciatic nerve block as part of their routine anaesthetic management
Exclusion Criteria
Unable to give informed consent.
Ultrasound imaging not being used to guide nerve block procedure.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anaesthetists estimate (verbal rating scale 1-4) of the time that the needle tip was visible on the ultrasound image as a proportion of the procedure time as a whole.[At the end of the nerve block procedure];Objective measurement of the time that the needle tip is visible on the ultrasound image as a proportion of the procedure time as a whole.[Objective time measurements from the DVD recordings of each block.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Angle of needle insertion immediately prior to local anaesthetic injection[Taken from a still image on the DVD recording.];Time to perform nerve block[From DVD recording of block.]