Comparative Study Between Two Different Approaches of Brachial Plexus Block: Supraclavicular Approach and Retroclavicular Approach

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05187988

Enrollment

100

Registered

2022-01-12

Start date

2022-01-05

Completion date

2022-09-05

Last updated

2022-09-08

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Conditions

Brachial Plexus Block

Brief summary

In this study investigators will compare two different approaches of brachial plexus block ;supraclavicular approach and retroclavicular approach regarding success rate, duration of block, complications

Interventions

PROCEDUREsupraclavicular brachial plexus block

group will receive brachial plexus block above clavicle,Injection of anaesthetic will be done in brachial plexus around subclavian artery

PROCEDURERetroclavicular brachial plexus block

group will receive brachial plexus block inferior to the clavicle,injection of anaesthetic will be done around axillary artery

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 100 patients doing distal arm surgery, elective , 18 to 60 years old , will be included in double blinded randomized study.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient refusal . * local infection or deformity at the block site. * Patient with significant neurological , psychiatric or neuromuscular disease. * Pregnancy or lactating women . * Coagulopathy . * Morbid obesity . * History of allergy to local anaesthetics

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Complications	one year	Investigators will compare complications like pneumothorax,nerve injury,bleeding and which one is more likely to cause complications
Block success rate	one year	Investigator will compare success rate of both types of block and which one is more likely to be successfully administrated
Duration of sensory and motor blockade	one year	Time which each procedure will take to block sensory and motor stimuli

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Duration of procedure	one year	Time which took the investigator to administrate each type of block
Number of needle passes	one year	number of times in which needle has entered been entered into the participant in each group

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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