Paramedian Spinal Anaesthesia : Comparison Between Land-mark Guided Technique and Real-time Ultrasound Guided Technique.

Cairo University110 enrolled

Overview

To identify the value of using the ultrasound in applying a commonly used regional anaesthetic procedure (spinal anaesthesia) when compared with the conventional landmark guided approach, regarding the efficiency of the anaesthetic technique, incidence of associated common complications and patient's satisfaction.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Paramedian Spinal Anaesthesia Real Time Ultrasound Guiding

Interventions

conventional paramedian spinal anesthesiaPROCEDURE

land mark guided paramedian spinal anesthesia

ultrasound guided paramedian spinal anesthesiaDEVICE

real time ultrasound guided paramedian spinal anesthesia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. ASA physical status I-II patients 2. Patient's consented approval 3. Males or Females 4. Aged 18-60 years old 5. Body mass index less than 30 6. Scheduled for orthopaedic knee surgeries Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age less than 18, and more than 60 years 2. Body mass index more than 30 3. Patient refusal or failure to obtain consent 4. Patient in whom spinal anaesthesia is contraindicated (infection at the site of needle insertion, coagulopathy reflected by values of INR≥ 1.2 or platelets count≤ 75.000, or receiving oral anticoagulants) 5. Known sensitivity to local anaesthetics 6. Pre-existing neurological disorder or neuromuscular disease 7. Clinically obvious or known spinal deformity or previous spinal surgery

Locations (1)

Faculty of medicine

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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