NCT02383134

Maximal Distance for Successful Supraclavicular Block

The Maximum Effective Needle-to-Nerve Distance for Anesthetic Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 44 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tunisian Military Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The achievement of peripheral nerve block requires several needle passes, with each of them being at risk of causing nerve injury either by direct trauma or intraneural injection even with the use of the ultrasound. The ultrasound guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block is known to be at risk of pneumothorax and / or nerve injury. This study is designed to determine the maximal effective distance away from the nerve for the injection to be effective.

Conditions

• Regional Anesthesia
• Ultrasound
• Supraclavicular Block

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2015-03-09
• Last updated: 2015-05-13