Status:
COMPLETED
Landmark Guided Midline Versus Pre-procedural Ultrasound Guided Paramedian at L5S1 for Spinal Anaesthesia
Lead Sponsor:
Cork University Hospital
Conditions:
Anaesthesia
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Spinal anesthesia is widely performed using a surface landmark based 'blind' technique. Multiple passes and attempts while administering spinal anesthesia are associated with a greater incidence of po...
Detailed Description
This will be a prospective, randomised, controlled study. All consented patients scheduled to undergo elective total knee or total hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia will be included in the stud...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All consented patients scheduled to undergo elective total knee or total hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia will be included in the study.
Exclusion
- Patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia (allergy to local anesthetic, coagulopathy, local infection and indeterminate neurological disease) will be excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02189681
Start Date
July 1 2014
End Date
July 1 2015
Last Update
August 28 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Cork University Hospital
Cork,Ireland, Cork, Ireland