NCT00956683

Dual Endpoint Nerve Stimulation Versus Ultrasound in Infraclavicular Block for Hand Surgery

A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Dual Endpoint Nerve Stimulation With Ultrasound-guided Infraclavicular Block for Hand Surgery.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Current best practice for performance of infraclavicular block dictates the use of a dual-endpoint nerve stimulation technique that still only results in a 79% success rate. Use of an ultrasound-guided technique has the potential to significantly improve success. A randomized, controlled study to evaluate this area remains to be performed and is required to demonstrate to anesthesiologists that an ultrasound-guided approach should supersede nerve stimulation as the technique of choice for infraclavicular block.

Conditions

• Hand Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ultrasound Guided Infraclavicular Nerve Block	Use of Ultrasound to help guide needle placement and local anesthetic injection during infraclavicular nerve block.
PROCEDURE	Dual-Endpoint nerve stimulation	Use of dual-endpoint nerve stimulation to guide needle placement and local anesthetic injection during infraclavicular nerve block.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-08-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2009-08-11
• Last updated: 2009-08-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada