Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III, aged between 20 to 85 years, and patients scheduled to undergo elective groin, lower limb, lower abdominal gynaecological and urogenital surgery under spinal anesthesia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal or unwilling to participate in the study, ASA physical status >III, spinal deformity, previous spine surgery, pregnancy, coagulopathy, allergy to local anesthetic drugs, skin infection at the site of needle insertion, severe Cardiac disease like atrial stenosis, atrial fibrillation, ongoing ischemic heart disease, autonomic dysfunction, and sepsis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CSF efflux time; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time taken to perform spinal anaesthesia;number of needle insertion and redirection attemtps;successful spinal anaethesia; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Dept of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care