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Relationship of distance from skin to fluid filled space around the spinal cord with body mass index in patients undergoing surgeries below the level of umbilicus under an anaesthetic technique in which the medication is injected into the fluid filled space around spinal cord.

Correlation between skin to subarachnoid space distance and Body Mass Index in patients undergoing infraumbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia A Prospective Observational Study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/084136
Enrollment
37
Registered
2025-04-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-28

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients of ASA I/II category undergoing infraumbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.History of allergy to bupivacaine. 2.Spinal deformity. 3.Failure to perform lumbar puncture at L3-L4 intervertebral space in the midline. 4.Pregnant patients. 5.Other than the midline approach for spinal anesthesia 6.Patient with oedema at the site of spinal anesthesia 7.Patient with previous lumbar spine surgeries. 8.Patients for whom the angle of spinal needle was not perpendicular

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To analyse the correlation between skin to subarachnoid space distance and body mass index in patients undergoing infraumbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.Timepoint: After giving the intrathecal injection the depth of spinal needle insertion will be measured and noted using a vernier caliper.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To analyse the correlation between skin to subarachnoid space distance with age,gender,height and weight in patients undergoing infraumbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.Timepoint: After giving the intrathecal injection the depth of spinal needle insertion will be measured and noted using a vernier caliper.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Upasana Goswami

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Govt of NCT of Delhi

docdheerajpandey@gmail.com9899898676

Outcome results

None listed

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