Needle Nerve Contact in Ultrasound Guided Femoral Block

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Peripheral Nerve Injury

In brief

Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block is a common regional anesthesia technique. The optimal method of needle guidance (in-plane versus out-of-plane) with regards to the block efficacy and avoidance of needle-nerve contact has not been established. In this study the investigators tests the hypothesis that the incidence of needle-nerve contact is higher with the needle insertion in an out-of-plane than with the in-plane approach.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01554722

Run by

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

People needed

44

Starts

2011-11-01

Expected to finish

2012-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ASA physical status 1-3 patients
• Diagnosis of trochanteric or cervical hip fracture
• Hip replacement under spinal anesthesia

You may not qualify if…

• Patients under the age of 65 years or over the age of 90 years

Where it is running

• St Luke'S Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
• University of Barcelona — Barcelona, Spain (enrolling)

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