Calculating the Volume of the Paravertebral Space

Kocaeli University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vertebral Disc Degenerative Disease

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 3D spine CT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05414604

GOKAEK-2021/16.20

Details and patient eligibility

About

Volume of the paravertebral spaces of the tharic and lumbar regions will be measured.

Full description

Paravertebral block is an effective regional anesthesia method and a golden standart technique for various operations. In addition, paravertebral block is a volume dependent technique. However, there are few cadaveric studies that investigates the volume of the paravertebral space.

This study aims to calculate the volume of the paravertebral spaces of the lumbar and thoracic regions in the patients who had 3D computerized scan in Kocaeli University Hospital.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who had a CT scan of the spine in our hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with scoliosis or known vertebral abnormalities

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

PV group

Description:

Patients who had a spine CT

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 3D spine CT