Status:

COMPLETED

MEV to Block the Posterior and Lateral Cords of the Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital of North Norway

Conditions:

Shoulder Disease

Anesthesia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The investigators have recently shown that LSIB in combination with a suprascapular and a cervical plexus block is a very good alternative for arthroscopic shoulder surgery. However, the investigators...

Detailed Description

The MEV for a successful block in 50% of the participants will be determined by using the staircase up-and-down method introduced by Dixon and Massey. Logistic regression and probit transformation wil...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • . Inclusion criteria are American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III, age between 18 and 70 years and body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 35 kg/m2.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria are pregnancy, patients with contraindications to regional anesthesia, allergy to LAs, patients taking opioids regularly due to chronic pain, use of anticoagulation drugs other than acetylsalicylic acid or dipyridamole, atrioventricular block, diabetes.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 30 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03329456

Start Date

October 30 2017

End Date

April 1 2018

Last Update

January 29 2019

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University Hospital of North Norway

Tromsø, Troms, Norway, 9038