Spinal Anesthesia With Articaine and Lidocaine for Outpatient Surgery.

St. Antonius Hospital

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 3

Conditions

Spinal Anesthesia

Treatments

Drug: spinal administration of articaine

Drug: spinal administration of lidocaine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00247741

Articaine

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare two short-acting local anesthetics, articaine and lidocaine, for spinal anesthesia in day-case surgery. The onset time of the sensory- and motor block, recovery time until discharge and complications will be studied.

Full description

The ideal spinal anesthesia in day-case surgery is characterized by a short onset of sensory and motor blockade, and a rapid recovery after the operation. Short-acting local-anesthetics are used frequently in this setting.

Lidocaine is one of the agents that is used most frequently. It has been associated with an increased incidence of Transient Neurological Symptoms (TNS). Articaine is another agent that is being used more often and is said to act faster and shorter than lidocaine.

We will compare spinal anesthesia with lidocaine and articaine in a randomized double-blind clinical trial. Endpoint are:

onset of sensory and motor block
recovery from sensory and motor block
time to micturition
patient satisfaction
complications

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age > 18 years
ASA I-III
Patients planned for a short surgical procedure on lower extremities or lower abdomen.
Procedure in day-case setting
Procedure under spinal anesthesia
Informed consent

Exclusion criteria