Comparing Two Injection Sites of Local Anesthetic for Hand Surgery

Jose Soberon, MD

Status

Completed

Conditions

Finger Injury

Wrist Injury

Hand Injury

Treatments

Procedure: 0.5% bupivacaine injected in the forearm

Procedure: 20-30ml of 0.5% bupivacaine.

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02112006

Soberon Forearm

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare two different injection sites for local anesthesia in patients having hand surgery. The hypothesis is that subjects receiving injections around the three nerves of the forearm will provide faster pain control and greater patient satisfaction than patients having one injection closer to the shoulder.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients ≥ 18 years of age undergoing unilateral hand, wrist, or finger surgery
Ability to understand and provide informed consent
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status I-III

Exclusion criteria

Patient refusal or inability to provide informed consent
True allergy, not sensitivity, to any of the following substances: Local Anesthetics, Midazolam, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Propofol
Pregnancy
Severe hepatic impairment
Evidence of infection at or near the proposed needle insertion site
Any sensorimotor deficit of the ipsilateral upper extremity, whether acute or chronic, as determined by the PI and designee
Pulmonary disease of any kind that is uncontrolled or severe in nature
Chronic pain patients, defined as someone diagnosed with chronic pain or a chronic pain condition, under the care of a chronic pain physician, or taking oral/intravenous narcotics consistently for 30 days prior to surgery