Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Dr Rithu Rachel George
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing lumbar epidural/combined spinal epidural procedure.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who deny informed consent Patients with history of lumbar spine surgery Allergy to local anaesthetics Coagulation abnormalities Suspected infection at local site Ankylosing spondylitis Emergency surgeries
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the correlation of interlaminar distance measured using ULTRASONOGRAPHY in predicting the ease of epidural space identification and success of epidural catheterization in lumbar spaceTimepoint: Immediately after insertion of epidural catheter. Baseline and endpoint time is 0 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Number of passes. 2.Assessment of patient’s comfort during epidural procedure. 3.Assessment of pain scores during the procedure. 4.Incidence of adverse events. Timepoint: 1.Number of passes - during the procedure. 2.Other outcomes - immediately after the insertion of epidural catheter. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Dhananjay DN
Sakra world hospital
Outcome results
None listed