NCT03112642

Nerve Stimulator for Patients With Upper Extremity Disease, Vascular or Orthopedic Surgery

Does the Use of a Nerve Stimulator Improve the Outcome of Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Block (Anesthesia) for Upper Extremity Surgery?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To help determine if there is improved pain relief when a device that makes an arm muscle move (nerve stimulator) is used to place a needle in the area above the collarbone to prevent feeling of pain (anesthesia) of the upper arm.

Detailed description

The Investigators will use the assessment of onset of motor and sensory block Q 5 minutes to distinguish the difference between blocks performed with ultrasound guidance with or without a nerve blockade monitor.

Conditions

• Other Biomechanical Lesions of Upper Extremity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Local anesthetic block [0.35% marcaine]	In the absence of paresthesia and after negative aspiration, the 40 ml of local anesthetic block \[0.35% marcaine\] will be administered.
DEVICE	Braun DIG-R-C Stimuplex Blockade Monitor System	The blockade system will be initially set at 1 milliamp. As the proximity of the tip of the needle to the components of the brachial plexus becomes evident by ultrasound approximation and the stimulation pattern of the hand and wrist, the output of the system will be reduced to .3-.5 milliamps. With use of the Braun DIG-R-C Stimuplex Blockade Monitor System.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-09
• Completion: 2021-03-09
• First posted: 2017-04-13
• Last updated: 2024-03-05
• Results posted: 2024-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States