Effect of warmed bupivacaine on the efficacy of ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block

Changes in the onset time of the sensory and motor blockade and changes in the duration of analgesia after warming local anesthetic solution during ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block in patients underwent upper arm surgery.

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000923864

Enrollment

Registered

2012-08-30

Start date

2012-09-18

Completion date

2014-03-14

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

In regional nerve blocks, the use of adjuncts along with local anesthetics can improve the anesthetic effect.but, can we do without adjuncts? warming anesthetic solution can be proposed as an alternative .

Interventions

group H: received 15ml bupivacaine 0.5%. the solution is stored for more than 24 hours in a freezer cabinet in which the temperature was maintained at 20 degrees C; The syringes and needles used for anesthesia were stored in the same room. a single shot ultrasound guided axillary block

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The subjects who underwent upper limb surgery from distal arm

Exclusion criteria

Patients with coagulopathy or neurological disorder

Outcome results