Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04346758
Ultrasound-assisted Shamrock Method for Lumbar Plexus Nerve Block in Elderly Trauma Patients, Revisited.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Attikon Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A revised ultrasound-guided approach to the lumbar plexus is investigated as for efficacy and safety in elderly trauma patients undergoing operations of the lower extremeties.
Detailed description
A modified ultrasound-guided Shamrock approach combined to nerve stimulation of the lumbar plexus is going to be investigated, in elderly trauma patients undergoing procedures of the lower extremities. The technique is going to be assessed as for its safety and its accuracy in localization of the plexus, by multiple measurements of the imaging time and needling time, In addition, efficacy and complications will be recorded and assessed during the immediate postoperative period.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | lumbar plexus block | Patients undergoing orthopedic procedures of the lower extremeties are going to be studied. A modified Shamrock approach of the lumbar plexus is going to be used for postoperative analgesia, using an ultrasound-guided technique combined to a nerve stimulatior. The technique is going to be assessed as for accuracy, and safety. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-02-15
- Primary completion
- 2020-11-30
- Completion
- 2020-11-30
- First posted
- 2020-04-15
- Last updated
- 2020-12-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Greece
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