NCT04204720

A Comparison of Intravascular Injection With Chiba Needle and Whitacre Needle

A Comparison of Intravascular Injection With Chiba Needle and Whitacre Needle During Caudal Epidural Block : a Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 164 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kyungpook National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Caudal epidural injection (CEI) is effective for spinal pain. However, intravascular injection may occur during CEI, which can lead to hematoma, neurologic deficit and local anesthetics systemic toxicity. Whitacre type needle has been reported to be effective for reducing intravascular injection during transforaminal epidural injection. In this study, we compared the Chiba needle and Whitacre needle on incidence of intravascular injection during CEI.

Detailed description

A total of 164 caudal epidural injections were performed in patients with disc herniation or spinal stenosis on lumbosacral region. Patients were randomly allocated to Group Whitacre (n=82) and Group Chiba (n=82). Patients in Group Whitacre received caudal epidural injection using Whitacre type needle and those in Group Chiba received the procedure using Chiba type needle. Intravascular injection was assessed with blood aspiration and angiography during real-time fluoroscopy.

Conditions

• Spinal Stenosis Lumbar
• Disk Herniated Lumbar

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	needle (Chiba)	intravascular injection using chiba needle during caudal epidural block
DEVICE	needle (Whitacre)	intravascular injection using whitacre needle during caudal epidural block

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-15
• Completion: 2019-12-15
• First posted: 2019-12-19
• Last updated: 2019-12-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea