Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Real time ultrasound guided spinal anaesthesia: Interspinous spaces will be identified using the real time images in parasagittal oblique view and the spinal needle will be visualised b
Sponsors
Dr R Jagadish Raj
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients aged 60 years and above 2.Patient willing to give informed consent 3.ASA grade 1 to 3 4.Patients undergoing infraumbilical surgeries under spinal anaesthesia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with history of allergy to local anaesthetic 2.Pregnant women 3.Patients ASA grade 4,5 4.Patients younger than 60 years of age 5.Infection at the site of injection 6.Sepsis 7.Severe hypovolemia 8.Coagulopathies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Number of attempts defined as the number of times the spinal needle was withdrawn from the skin and reinserted 2.Number of passes defined as the number of forwarding advancements of the spinal needle in a given interspinous spaceTimepoint: While performing lumbar puncture | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time for identifying sub arachnoid spaceTimepoint: 1. In PUS group the time from when the probe was placed on the skin until the skin marking was complete 2. In RUS group the time from when the probe was placed on the skin until the anterior and posterior complex was identified ;Procedure timeTimepoint: From the needle insertion into the skin until observation of the outflow of CSF using the allocated technique;Time taken for a successful lumbar punctureTimepoint: Sum of the locating time and procedure time | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr R Jagadish Raj
Sri Siddhartha Medical College Tumkur
Outcome results
None listed