Surgical diseases requiring epidural anesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Patients undergoing epidural anesthesia will be randomly assigned to either the loss of resistance group or the Epiface group, and the effectiveness of the Epiface syringe for confirming the epidural
Sponsors
Sawada Atsushi
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Age 20 years or older 2) Gender is not restricted 3) ASA physical status I or II 4) Patients who can give informed consent before enrollment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with local anesthetic allergies 2) Patients undergoing anticoagulant therapy 3) Patients with a body mass index of 35 or greater 4) Other patients who are deemed inappropriate for this study by the attending physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time required to confirm the epidural space (seconds) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of punctures (times) Success rate of epidural space confirmation (%) Rate of adverse events (%)* Ease of epidural anesthesia procedure (3-level evaluation by the operator) Assurance of epidural space confirmation (3-level evaluation by the operator) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAtsushi Sawada
Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed