Comparison between effectiveness of injection of anesthetic agents to provide painfree surgery for your affected arm by two different methods - under ultrasound guidance, injecting drugs at the centre of the nerves of your arm and at 3 different places surrounding the nerves of your arm.

Comparison of single versus triple injection costoclavicular block in upper limb surgery: Randomised Controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2021/05/033391

Enrollment

Registered

2021-05-05

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: COSTOCLAVICULAR BLOCK: Pre anaesthetic check-up will be done in all patients and visual analogue score (VAS) scoring will be explained to them during pre-anaesthetic evalua

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. All adults of age more than 18 years posted for elbow, forearm and hand surgeries during the study period. 2. Surgery not expected to last more than 2 hours. 3. ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status I/II patients. 4. Body mass index 20-35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient refusing brachial plexus block. 2. Known neuropathy/nerve injury involving the upper limb to be operated. 3. Known allergy to local anaesthetic drugs. 4. Abnormal neck and shoulder anatomy. 5. Infection at the injection site. 6. Pregnancy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the anaesthesia onset time in ultrasound guided single injection versus triple aliquots injection technique in costoclavicular block for upper limb surgeries. Timepoint: 2 years	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To compare single versus triple aliquot injection for ultrasound guided costoclavicular approach of infraclavicular brachial plexus block in terms of-1.Success of surgical anaesthesia. 2.Need for repeat block /rescue analgesia/surgical site infiltration. 3.Duration of post-operative analgesia. 4.Rate of complications associated with both of the techniques. Timepoint: 2 years	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSOURAV SAHA

ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES , NEW DELHI

drbabitagupta@hotmail.com9818302776

Outcome results

None listed

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