This is a prospective randomized clinical trial to determine where is the optimal location for local anesthetic injection for ultrasound guided interscalene nerve blocks. The investigators are investigating if local anesthetic deposited between the nerve roots is more effective than local anesthetic deposited in the interscalene groove.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
208
UCSF Orthopedic Institute
San Francisco, California, United States
Onset of motor blockade
Time to loss of shoulder abduction.
Time frame: 1 hour from time of injection
Patient Satisfaction Score
Time frame: 24 hours
Opioid consumption
Opioid consumption - perioperative and post discharge
Time frame: 24 hours
Quality of Nerve block
onset of sensory block
Time frame: 24 hours
Incidence of post-operative nausea/vomiting
Time frame: 24 hours
Duration of nerve block
Duration of analgesia from nerve block
Time frame: 24 hours
Number of needle passes
Time frame: 1 hour
Number of paresthesias
number of paresthesia experience during nerve block
Time frame: 1 hour
Residual paresthesia
incidence of residual paresthesias
Time frame: 24 hour
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