Comparative Study of Two Infraclavicular Block Approaches in Forearm Surgery

Sargodha Medical College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Procedure Time

Treatments: Procedure: Classic coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block; Procedure: Retroclavicular infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07269678

SMC-ANS-2025-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is hypothesized that retro clavicular Infraclavicular brachial plexus block is better than classical coracoid Infraclavicular brachial plexus block in patients undergoing forearm surgery

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients from 18-60 years.
2. Male Patients
3. Elective forearm surgery
4. BMI ≤30kg/m2
5. American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Physical Status ≤III

Exclusion criteria

1. History of known allergy or hypersensitivity against study drug.
2. Previous surgery on the same limb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Retroclavicular approch

Other group

Description:

Use of 25 ml 0.5% Ropivacaine via Retroclavicular Approach

Treatment:

Procedure: Retroclavicular infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Classic coracoid approch

Other group

Description:

Classic Coracoid Infraclavicular Block with 25 ml 0.5% Ropivacaine

Treatment:

Procedure: Classic coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block