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ENSURING CORRECT PLACEMENT OF EPIDURAL CATHETER FOR POST-OPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF

A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE MENISCUS TEST IN PREDICTING THE CORRECT EPIDURAL CATHETER PLACEMENT

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/04/006860
Enrollment
400
Registered
2016-04-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 years ASA I and II patients Patients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients of both sexes of age 18-60 years, ASA I and II patients, Patients undergoing thoracoabdominal surgery requiring postoperative epidural analgesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal to epidural analgesia Morbidly obese patient Emergency surgery Contraindications to central neuraxial blockade

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To predict correct Epidural catheter placementTimepoint: immediately after epidural catheter placement, epidural analgesia is tested.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To predict a functional epidural analgesia if Meniscus sign is positiveTimepoint: immediately in postoperative period, when patient is initiated on epidural analgesia.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactParmanand N Jain

Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai

bhorshreyas@gmail.com09096621721

Outcome results

None listed

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