Diffusion of Local Anesthetic After Median Nerve Block

Median Nerve Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Can Ultrasound Predict Success of Median Nerve Block? Relationship Between Diffusion of Local Anesthetic and Effectiveness of a Nerve Block

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00651170
• Other study ID #: 2008/01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 28, 2008
• Last updated: September 23, 2016
• Start date: March 2008
• Est. completion date: March 2009

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Hopital Foch
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Median nerve block is widely practised, avoiding general anaesthesia in a number of cases and producing excellent post-operative analgesia in orthopedic surgery. Even realised by experienced anaesthetists,a failure rate of 5-15% is noticed. The principal aim of the study is to observe the local anesthetic solution diffusion after a conventional median nerve block technique using neurostimulation. The secondary objective is to compare diffusion and of block efficacy..

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 103
• Est. completion date: March 2009
• Est. primary completion date: March 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing elective hand surgery requiring a median block nerve.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age lower than 18 years

• pregnancy

• contraindication to nerve block

• inability to read, write or speak French

• mental illness.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Median Nerve

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Hôpital Foch	Suresnes
France	Hôpital privé de l'Ouest Parisien	Trappes

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hopital Foch

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anesthesic diffusion degree		1 hour	No