Dural Puncture Epidural Technique Versus Conventional Epidural Techmique

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gynecologic Disease Requiring Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Under Neuraxial Anesthesia

Treatments: Procedure: Dural Puncture Epidural Technique using pencil-point 25G Whitacre needle; Procedure: Conventional Epidural Technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05032677

ES-2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted on 50 patients of ASA grade I and II aged from 25 to 55 years and presented for laparoscopic hysterectomy. Patients will be divided into two equal groups; group A control group for conventional epidural technique(n=25) and group B for 25G dural puncture epidural with 25G pencil point Whitacre spinal needle (n=25). Randomization will be done using computer generated number and concealed using sequentially numbered, sealed opaque envelope.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I and II
• Height(150-170 cm)

Exclusion criteria

• patient refusal
• hypersensitivity to local anesthetic drugs
• bleeding disorders and coagulopathy(platelets count less than 80000,INR less than 1.5 or therapeutic dose of anticoagulant).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional Epidural Technique

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Dural Puncture Epidural Technique using pencil-point 25G Whitacre needle

Dural Puncture Epidural technique using pencil-point 25G Whitacre needle

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional Epidural Technique