Supraclavicular Blocks for Post-Operative Pain Control in Supracondylar Fracture Fixation, a Retrospective Analysis of Single Shot Catheter Techniques

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative; Acute Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Elbow Fracture Fixation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02210429

2014-15849

Details and patient eligibility

About

We hypothesize that patients who receive a supraclavicular block via Angiocath, placed intra-operatively and dosed post-operatively following neurologic examination, will have lower pain scores, lower use of intravenous morphine equivalents in the post-anesthesia care unit, and lower rates of intervention for post-operative nausea and vomiting. We also hypothesize that patients receiving this nerve block had the same rates of nerve damage as the patients who did not receive a block and that there will be no demonstrable safety concerns with this block.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age under 18
• Undergoing supracondylar fracture fixation in operating room

Exclusion criteria

• Incomplete or inaccessable chart data

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 4 patient groups

IV Opioids

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Elbow Fracture Fixation

Supraclavicular Single-Shot Block

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Elbow Fracture Fixation

Supraclavicular Catheter

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Elbow Fracture Fixation

Supraclavicular Angiocath

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Elbow Fracture Fixation