Low Dose Interscalene and Infraclavicular Block for Humerus Surgery

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (KSU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Humerus Fracture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02756156

76263

Details and patient eligibility

About

Combining interscalene block with infraclavicular block for humerus surgery provides a unique surgical anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia.

Full description

Interscalene block provides effective surgical anaesthesia for shoulder and proximal arm surgery. However, sometimes it can be inadequate for distal arm surgery. Combining infraclavicular block with interscalene block may provide a successful surgical anaesthesia for humerus surgery.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients accepting peripheral nerve block technique for humerus surgery
• Unilateral orthopedic humerus surgery
• 18 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

• Patients refused peripheral nerve block
• Non-cooperate patients
• Neuropathy of any etiology in the affected extremity