Anatomical Variation of Femoral Nerve Location in Relation to Femoral Artery - An Ultrasonographic Evaluation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 200
- 主要终点
- Variability of anatomical position of Femoral Nerve with respect to Femoral artery - effect of age, sex and BMI
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the relative position of femoral nerve in relation to the femoral artery in patients scheduled for femoral fractures using ultrasound scanning.
The classical description of femoral nerve is that it lies immediately near to artery, but it is not always true. The nerve lies at a varying distance from the artery.
The main question it aims to answer are:
• Is the age sex and Body Mass Index affect the relationship between femoral artery and nerve?
详细描述
The femoral nerve block is ideal for surgeries of the femur, knee, or anterior thigh and is often combined with a sciatic nerve block for near complete lower extremity analgesia. The classic teaching is that the femoral nerve lies lateral to femoral artery sandwiched between the fascia iliaca and iliopsoas muscle1.
Aim:
The objective of the study is to find out the anatomical variation in the site of the femoral nerve in relation to the femoral artery, with respect to the age, sex, weight and ethnicity of the patient.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •above the age of 18 coming for fixation of femoral fracture
排除标准
- •below the age of 18
- •patient not willing to participate
- •patients with neurological illness that hinders from giving a valid consent
- •patients with local pathology at inguinal region
结局指标
主要结局
Variability of anatomical position of Femoral Nerve with respect to Femoral artery - effect of age, sex and BMI
时间窗: From the time the patient is positioned for ultrasound scanning to obtain a clear image of the femoral nerve until the measurement of the distance between the femoral nerve and artery is completed, assessed over a period of up to 6 hours.
After positioning the patients with femoral fracture, ultrasound scanning of femoral nerve is done and the femoral nerve and arteries are identified. The distance between the femoral artery and nerve are measured using ultrasound.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Kurian Palavilayil Thomas Vaidyan
Senior Specialist, Dept of Anesthesiology
Rashid Hospital