Neurostimulation in Pudendal Nerve Block

Hôpital d'enfants Béchir-Hamza

Status: Completed

Conditions: Penile Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Pudendal nerve block; Drug: Bupivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03072329

PNB-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to check whether the success rate of blind pudendal nerve block in penile surgery can be optimized by the search for a motor response during neurostimulation.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 6+ months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children scheduled for elective penile surgery (hypospadias / circumcision)

Non-inclusion Criteria:

• Association to further peripheral nerve blocks required

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 1 patient group

Pudendal nerve block

Experimental group

Description:

Bilateral pudendal nerve block with the administration of 0.1 mL/kg Bupivacaïne 0.5%, regardless of neurostimulation response.

Treatment:

Procedure: Pudendal nerve block

Drug: Bupivacaine