Determination of a Proper Needle Entry Point; Effects of Skin Compression With an Indicator on Radiation Exposure Time of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal Epidural Block in Obese Patients

Yonsei University60 enrolled

Overview

To evaluate the effects of skin compression with an indicator at the needle entry point on radiation exposure time of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural block in obese patients

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain Due to Spinal Nerve Compression

Interventions

skin compressionPROCEDURE

skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients with ≥ 25 kg/m2 BMI who were scheduled for the transforaminal epidural injection Exclusion Criteria: * Local anesthetic allergy, coagulopathy

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Total radiation exposure time

Total radiation exposure time during whole epidural procedure.

Time frame: immediately ≤1 sec after the confirmation of successful epidural injection

Secondary Outcomes

The number of the needle readjustments

The number of the needle readjustments for successful epidural injection

Time frame: immediately ≤1 sec after the confirmation of successful epidural injection

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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