Diffusion of Local Anesthetic After Median Nerve Block

Hopital Foch103 enrolled

Overview

Median nerve block is widely practised, avoiding general anaesthesia in a number of cases and producing excellent post-operative analgesia in orthopedic surgery. Even realised by experienced anaesthetists,a failure rate of 5-15% is noticed. The principal aim of the study is to observe the local anesthetic solution diffusion after a conventional median nerve block technique using neurostimulation. The secondary objective is to compare diffusion and of block efficacy..

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

103

Conditions

Median Nerve

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing elective hand surgery requiring a median block nerve. Exclusion Criteria: * age lower than 18 years * pregnancy * contraindication to nerve block * inability to read, write or speak French * mental illness.

Locations (2)

Hôpital Foch

Suresnes, France

Hôpital privé de l'Ouest Parisien

Trappes, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Anesthesic diffusion degree

Time frame: 1 hour

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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