NCT01993290

USG Brachial Plexus Block for Upper Extremity Surgery

Ultrasound-guided Brachial Plexus Block With the Single-penetration Multiple-injection-technique for Upper Extremity Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jens Borglum Neimann · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Ultrasound-guided (USG) brachial plexus (BP) block efficacy at the Supraclavicular (SCL), Lateral- Infraclavicular (LIC) and Axillary (AX) level: Randomized, observer-blinded study of the single-penetration multiple-injection-technique.

Detailed description

The investigators will compare the BP block efficacy (for surgical anaesthesia) with the USG single-penetration multiple-injection-technique at the SCL, LIC and AX level for upper-extremity surgery (elbow, forearm, wrist, hand). The investigators want to investigate whether the single-penetration multiple-injection-technique would provide for safe surgical anaesthesia with lower volumes of local anaesthetics than has previously been described in a comparative study at the three different levels. 120 patients will prospectively be randomized to an USG BP block administered as a single-penetration multiple-injection-technique at one of three different levels: (1) SCL (2) LIC (3) AX. Ropivacaine 0.75% (20 mL) will be used for all blocks prior to surgery.

Conditions

• Fracture at Wrist and/or Hand Level
• Rupture of Tendon of Wrist and Hand
• Injuries to the Wrist, Hand and Fingers (S60-S69)
• Ganglion Cysts
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ropivacaine	20 ml in total of 0,75% Ropivacaine is administered to each patient in all three arms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2013-11-25
• Last updated: 2015-07-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark