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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

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURElumbar plexus blockPatients 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

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04346758. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.