Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Ultrasound guided cervical epidural space access: Preprocedural US scan will be done at C7-T1 interspace with curvilinear probe (3-8 MHz), depth of 4-8 cm and gain adjusted for best ima
Sponsors
Dr Omshubham Asai
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. ASA – I-II 2. surgeries involving head and neck, airway, oral-pharyngeal-hypopharyngeal, thyroid, breast, shoulder, upper limb, hand and thoracic surgeries.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not willing to participate in study 2. clinically obvious or known spinal deformity 3. infection in the back 4. allergy to local anaesthetic drugs 5. previous spine surgery 6. coagulopathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the efficacy of neuraxial ultrasound for cervical epidural space access by 1. Determining the depth of cervical epidural space by US 2. Determine the ultrasound visibility score 3. US catheter confirmation scoreTimepoint: The depth of epidural space and ultrasound visibility score will be determined in preprocedural ultrasound scan. US catheter confirmation score will be determined in post-procedural ultrasound scan. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to determine the failure rate of the newer alternative ultrasound techniqueTimepoint: Will be determined after post procedure ultrasound scan once US catheter confirmation score is calculated | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Omshubham Asai
All India Institute of Medical Science, Nagpur
Outcome results
None listed