Plexus Anesthesia in Lateral, Head-Down Position for Elective Surgery of the Shoulder

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Positioning and anesthesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00403013

01-AnIt-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the axillary plexus block performed in lateral, head down position is effective in the perioperative analgesia in patients scheduled for elective surgery of the shoulder.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients scheduled for elective surgery of the shoulder

Exclusion criteria

• lateral, head down position not possible

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

lateral, head-down position during axillary plexus block

Treatment:

Procedure: Positioning and anesthesia

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard position during axillary plexus block

Treatment:

Procedure: Positioning and anesthesia