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A comparative study that will study the effectiveness between using ultrasound imaging and marking to administer spinal anesthesia in obese patients as opposed to our traditional landmark palpation method for spinal anesthesia.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN ULTRASOUND GUIDED AND TRADITIONAL SURFACE LANDMARK GUIDED METHODS FOR SPINAL ANAESTHESIA IN OBESE PATIENTS A RANDOMIZED CONTROL STUDY - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/085777
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-04-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Spinal anaesthesia procedure for obese patients with difficult landmarks under ultrasound guidance: For obese patients with difficult anatomical landmarks, ultrasound imaging of the spi

Sponsors

Tanvi chowdary
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with Body mass index more than or equal to 30kg per meter square, Patients with difficult to palpate anatomical landmarks of spine, Elective procedure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who are unable to provide consent, patients who refuse spinal anesthesia, patients with marked spinal deformity, patients with history of spinal surgery, emergency procedures, coagulopathy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To determine the first pass needle success rate in surface landmark guided versus ultrasound guided technique for spinal anesthesiaTimepoint: Assessed at baseline—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the number of needle puncture i.e. redirections & reinsertion attempts to establish successful neuraxial block & the total time taken for the procedureTimepoint: Assessed at baseline—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr MG Dhorigol MD

KAHERs Jawaharlal Nehru medical college

mallappadhorigol@gmail.com9844778096

Outcome results

None listed

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