Jedi Grip Versus Double Operator Technique For Ultrasound Guided Infraclavicular Block

Ankara City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nerve Block; Ultrasound

Treatments: Procedure: USG guided infraclavicular block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04471025

E-18-1935

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aimed to compare the block characteristics of the single operator "jedi grip" technique and the conventional double operator technique.

Full description

Patients undergoing hand, wrist, elbow and forearm surgery randomly assigned two groups (Group I: Jedi grip and Group II: Conventional double operator technique). By a blind observer, the block characteristics were evaluated and recorded .

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• undergoing elective hand, wrist and forearm surgery

Exclusion criteria

• hepatic or renal failure
• serious cardiac or pulmoner disease
• local or systemic infection
• sepsis
• coagulation disorder
• neurological, muscular or psychiatric disease
• body mass index (BMI) below 18.5 or above 35
• drug and substance abuse
• pregnancy
• refusal of regional anesthesia
• history of allergy to local anesthetics
• mental-motor retardation (inability to consent or assess the visual analog scale(VAS) pain score)
• preoperative long-term NSAIDs or opioid use.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I

Active Comparator group

Description:

USG guided infraclavicular block with single operator jedi grip technique

Treatment:

Procedure: USG guided infraclavicular block

Group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

USG guided infraclavicular block with conventional double operator technique

Treatment:

Procedure: USG guided infraclavicular block