Ultrasound-assisted Versus Conventional Landmark-guided Spinal Anesthesia in Patients With Abnormal Spinal Anatomy

NCT03459105 NA COMPLETED

Spinal anesthesia can be challenging in patients with lumbar scoliosis or previous lumbar spine surgery. This study aims to evaluate whether the use of the ultrasound-assisted spinal anesthesia reduces the number of passes required to successful dural puncture compared with the conventional surface landmark-guided technique in patients with abnormal spinal anatomy.

Details

Lead sponsor	Seoul National University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	COMPLETED
Enrolment	44
Start date	Tue Mar 13 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Thu Jul 05 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Anesthesia, Spinal
• Ultrasonography
• Scoliosis

Interventions

• Ultrasound-assisted paramedian spinal anesthesia
• Landmark-guided spinal anesthesia
• 0.5% heavy bupivacaine

Countries

South Korea