Anterior Ultrasound-guided Cervical Plexus Block for Carotid Endarterectomy

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carotid Atherosclerosis; Regional Anesthesia Morbidity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01640613

2012-A00147-36

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to describe technique, efficiency, safety and satisfaction of ultrasound guided intermediate cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy.

The investigators present a simple approach for carotid regional anaesthesia by an anterior way that has not been published yet.

Full description

• description of the anaesthetic procedure (duration, volume of anaesthetic local, efficiency)
• realization of the surgery (pain, injection of anaesthetic local...)
• post operative evaluation (pain, satisfaction...)

Enrollment: 116 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult
• carotid endarterectomy performed under regional anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• age < 18 years
• contralateral phrenic palsy