NCT04759547

Handheld Ultrasound-assisted Versus Palpation-guided Labor Combined Spinal-epidural Analgesia

Handheld Ultrasound-assisted Versus Palpation-guided Labor Combined Spinal-epidural Analgesia: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Parturients who need combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labour analgesia are randomly assigned to two groups. For the handheld ultrasound-assisted technique group, ultrasound with 3D navigation function is used to determine the needle insertion point and the insertion angle. For the conventional palpation-guided technique group, the interspinous space is detected by palpation. Procedure time, the number of needle passes, the number of needle insertion attempts, success rate, and complications are compared.

Detailed description

This study aims to determine whether handheld ultrasound-guidance can reduce procedural time for labor combined spinal-epidural analgesia compared with conventional surface landmark-guided technique.

Conditions

• Labor Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	handheld ultrasound-assisted technique	Ultrasound with 3D navigation function is used to determine the needle insertion point and the insertion angle.
OTHER	conventional palpation-guided technique	The interspinous space is detected by palpation

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-05
• Primary completion: 2021-12-23
• Completion: 2021-12-25
• First posted: 2021-02-18
• Last updated: 2022-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea