Spinal anaesthesia, lower limb surgery, lower abdominal surgery, gynaecological surgery, urogenital surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Case series:Nil
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, CUHK
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who are between 20 to 85 years old, of American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) physical status classification I-III, and scheduled to undergo elective groin, lower limb, lower abdominal surgical, gynaecological and urogenital procedures under spinal anaesthesia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal or unwilling to participate, ASA physical status >III, spinal deformity, previous spine surgery, pregnancy, coagulopathy, allergy to local anaesthetic drugs, skin infection at the site of needle insertion, severe cardiac disease such as atrial stenosis, atrial fibrillation, autonomica dysfunction, and sepsis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility & technical ease of doing spinal anaesthesia under real time ultrasound guided transverse in-plane approach from the dependent side;Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) efflux time; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rate of successful attempt, number of spinal needle pass, patient satisfaction score, any intraoperative or postoperative complications in the next 24 hours; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactProf Manoj Kumar Karmakar
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital
Outcome results
None listed