CompletedNot Applicable

USG Brachial Plexus Block for Upper Extremity Surgery

Denmark120 participantsStarted 2013-04

Plain-language summary

Ultrasound-guided (USG) brachial plexus (BP) block efficacy at the Supraclavicular (SCL), Lateral- Infraclavicular (LIC) and Axillary (AX) level: Randomized, observer-blinded study of the single-penetration multiple-injection-technique.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age above 18 years * American Society of Anaesthesiology class 1-3 * Patients undergoing upper extremity surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to cooperate * Inability to understand and talk danish * Allergic to ropivacaine * Infection at site of surgery * Neurological dysfunction at site of surgery * Severe coagulopathy * Drug and alcohol abuse * Patients, who can not get a nerve block due to technical difficulty * Pregnancy or nursing * Body mass index \>35

What they're measuring

Blockade performance time (seconds)

Timeframe: Time (seconds) from the time the ultrasound transducer is placed on the skin and until the needle is taken out of the body.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01993290

SponsorJens Borglum Neimann

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-10

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