Comparison of Safety And Efficacy of Neuraxial Anesthesia, Palpation Versus Ultrasound

Comparison of Safety And Efficacy of Neyraxial Anesthesia,Palpation Versus Ultrasound

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01322126

Enrollment

120

Registered

2011-03-24

Start date

2011-04-30

Completion date

2012-04-30

Last updated

2011-04-11

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Conditions

Regional Anesthesia

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether use of the ultrasound to locate the epidural space and assist with performing neuraxial anesthesia will decrease numbers of the attempts required for successful placement of epidural catheter.

Detailed description

It is known that ultrasound can be useful to assist placement of epidural analgesia among pregnant women.extenseve research on the usefulness of ultrasound imaging to facilitate the placement of neuraxial anesthesia in pregnant have been done.The potential advantages of successful placement among non-pregnant patients include increases the safety and comfort. In our study all patients schedueld to receive an nueraxial anesthesia for non-obstetric surgery will be included.The investigator will request permission from the Helsinki committee of hadassah university hospital.Patients will be requesting for surgery and will be randomized to one of two study groups.One group will be passed neuraxial anesthesia on the standart technique and the secound group will be passed neuraxial anesthesia with the help of ultrasound.

Interventions

DEVICEultrasound probe

we will compare two technique of neuraxial anesthesia;one group will be passed neuraxial anesthesia with the intervention the ultrasound and the other group without the intervention of the ultrasound.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all patients scheduled for neuraxial anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

* previous spine surgery * contraindication for neuraxial anesthesia * refusing to sign the consent form

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of epidural attempts made to succeed for placing epidural needle and catheter in epidural space	one year	Each attempt at placing epidural needle in epidural space will be recorded. Total number of attempts will be recorded

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
patient satisfaction as measured by VAS (0=not satisfied, 10 = most satisfied)	one year

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactFayez T Saifi, MD

saififayez@gmail.com00972508946127

Backup ContactHadas Lemberg, PhD

lhadas@hadassah.org.il0097226777572

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026