Determination of a Proper Needle Entry Point; Effects of Skin Compression With an Indicator on Radiation Exposure Time of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal Epidural Block in Obese Patients

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain Due to Spinal Nerve Compression

Treatments: Procedure: skin compression

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02281227

4-2014-0721

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effects of skin compression with an indicator at the needle entry point on radiation exposure time of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural block in obese patients

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients with ≥ 25 kg/m2 BMI who were scheduled for the transforaminal epidural injection

Exclusion criteria

• Local anesthetic allergy, coagulopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

compression group

Active Comparator group

Description:

skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point

Treatment:

Procedure: skin compression

non-compression group

Active Comparator group

Description:

non skin compression with an indicator for determination of needle entry point

Treatment:

Procedure: skin compression