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The Relationship Between Needle Position and Injection Pressure During Femoral Nerve Block

Orthopedic Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:
The Relationship Between Needle Position and Injection Pressure During Femoral Nerve Block

Clinical Trial Summary

Recent evidence suggests that injection pressure monitoring may be able to predict needle nerve contact in the brachial plexus nerve block model, but little is known about multifascicular nerves. The investigators hypothesize that injection pressure monitoring can reliably predict needle-nerve contact during femoral nerve block.

Clinical Trial Description

Single center, observational study. Patients scheduled for elective lower limb surgery with femoral nerve block will be recruited. Femoral nerve will be identified using a linear ultrasound transducer. A 22 GA 5 cm nerve block needle will be inserted with bevel downward and advanced to the following conditions:

1. Needle tip slightly indenting the fascia iliaca lateral to the femoral nerve

2. Needle tip advanced through fascia iliaca

3. Needle tip slightly indenting the anterior surface of the femoral nerve

4. Needle tip withdrawn 1 mm from nerve.

At each of these conditions, 1 ml of dextrose solution will be injected via an automated pump at 10 ml/min and the spread of injectate observed sonographically. Simultaneously, a blinded observer will measure opening injection pressure using both an electronic and a mechanical transducer. If opening pressure reaches 15 psi, this investigator will halt the injection. In addition, minimum threshold current required to elicit a motor response will be recorded for conditions 3 and 4. Patients will be contacted at 7 days and asked about any adverse effects. ;

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT02451813
Study type Interventional
Source St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 2014
Completion date March 2015
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