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A clinical trial to find out whcih factors are helpful in identifying difficulty in performing spinal anaesthesia in the Indian population

Factors predicting a difficult spinal block in the Indian population

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2014/12/005305
Enrollment
1500
Registered
2014-12-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: G978- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL as it is observational study

Sponsors

Safdarjang Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: American Society of Anaesthesiology physical status I â??III adult patients undergoing surgery under spinal anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal Patients with neurological disease Coagulation defects or patients on medications affecting coagulation Infection at local site

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To investigate the association of first puncture success (a successful subarachnoid space placement of the needle achieved by only one skin puncture with no re-direction of spinal needle) and number of attempts (number of skin punctures and needle redirections) with factors based on characteristics of the patient, the provider, the technique and equipment in the Indian populationTimepoint: Not applicable—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To identify factors that are associated with complications related to needle advancement into the subarachnoid space.Timepoint: Not applicable—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSmita Prakash

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India

drsunilprakash@gmail.com09810347125

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026