NCT05983029

Determination of Utility of Intergluteal Cleft as Landmark for Neuraxial Midline in Obstetrics

Determination of the Utility of the Intergluteal Cleft as a Landmark for nEuraxial Midline identiFication in obsteTric Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 99 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Our aim is to investigate whether a novel landmark, the groove between the buttocks or the intergluteal cleft, can facilitate the identification of the neuraxial midline in obstetric patients when compared to ultrasound as the reference standard for the determination of this midline

Detailed description

Determine if the intergluteal cleft, when compared to ultrasound as the reference standard, can be used to identify the neuraxial midline in obstetric patients Difference in horizontal distance between the vertical lines of the intergluteal cleft and the neuraxial midline, the latter measured with ultrasound

Conditions

• Obstetric Anesthesia Problems

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Intergluteal Cleft	Marking of intersection between inferior aspect of the intergluteal cleft and the horizontal intercristal line
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Neuraxial Midline	Marking of intersection between the neuraxial midline, as established with the transverse spinous process view on ultrasound, and the horizontal intercristal line
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Horizontal Distance between Vertical Markings	The horizontal distance between these two vertical marks will be measured at the level of the intercristal line

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-07
• Primary completion: 2024-09-01
• Completion: 2024-09-01
• First posted: 2023-08-09
• Last updated: 2024-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom