Neuraxial Ultrasound for Thoracic Epidural Placement

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Analgesia, Epidural

In brief

This blinded, randomized study compares standard palpation to ultrasound-assisted landmark identification of the thoracic spine for thoracic epidural catheterization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02785055

Run by

Benaroya Research Institute

People needed

70

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• American Society of Anesthesiology Classification I-IV
• thoracic surgery
• abdominal surgery

You may not qualify if…

• contraindications to epidural catheter
• pregnancy
• coagulopathy
• infection (localized)
• allergy to local anesthetics

Where it is running

• Virginia Mason Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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