A Real-Time Ultrasound Guided Approach For Spinal Anesthesia

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Conditions studied: Patients Aged 55 or Older, BMI More Than 40 kg/m2, Scoliosis

In brief

Our goal was to compare the number of attempts to perform spinal anesthesia using real-time ultrasound guidance versus landmark technique in patients meeting predefined criteria for difficult spinal anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01570491

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

38

Starts

2012-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-26

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 55 or older
• BMI more than 40
• Scoliosis
• Exclusion criterion:
• 1 Patients who have undergone previous Spine Surgery

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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