Comparing Epidural anesthesia Learning Curves performed by the Acoustic puncture assist device with the traditional loss of resistance Technique.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201711002739268

Enrollment

Registered

2017-10-31

Start date

2017-10-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

anesthesia Anaesthesia

Interventions

group I consisted of 15 first year residents performing there first 60 epidural using acoustic assis

group II

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: first year anesthesia residence patients body mass index less than 24 kg/m2) ASSA I, II scheduled for surgery under general anaesthesia and lumber epidural analgesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ¿ Local site infection. ¿ Previous spine surgery and deformity. ¿ Coagulation disorders. ¿ Neuromuscular disorder. ¿ Allergy to local anaesthetics, opioids or latex. ¿ Previous epidural catheter insertion. ¿ Patients not willing for participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
success of performing the epidural	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
comparison of incidence of complications	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contactehab mohamed

sansona@hotmail.com01026599300

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026