Brachial Plexus Block in Children and Adolescents

Upper Extremity Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Brachial Plexus Block in Children and Adolescents Requiring Surgery Following Trauma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03842423
• Other study ID #: 2090/2018
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2002
• Est. completion date: October 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: Medical University of Vienna
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study involves a retrospective evaluation of brachial plexus anaesthesia in children and adolescents (patients under the age of 18) undergoing surgical procedures of the upper extremity following trauma. The investigators plan to recruit patients from our hospital patient database meeting our inclusion criteria. Observational period was defined between 1st of January 2002 and 31st of October 2018. Necessity to convert to general anaesthesia was defined as primary endpoint.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2760
• Est. completion date: October 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Brachial plexus anaesthesia for surgical intervention of upper extremity injuries

Exclusion Criteria:

• age above 18

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Upper Extremity Fracture

Intervention

Procedure:
• Brachial Plexus Anaesthesia
Regional anaesthesia for treatment of upper extremity injuries.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Medical University of Vienna	Vienna

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University of Vienna

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Conversion to general anaesthesia	The necessity to convert to general anaesthesia will be obtained from surgery and anaesthesiology protocols and serves as primary outcome to evaluate efficacy of the investigated method of anaesthesia. All patients who received plexus brachialis anaesthesia but had to be converted to general anaesthesia during or prior the surgical intervention will assigned to this outcome measurement. Number of patients who required conversion will be given as percentage of total patient collective. Possible variables: e.g. 0=no conversion, 1=conversion.	intraoperatively