Ultrasound Guidance Vs. Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

Rikshospitalet University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Brachial Plexus Block; Hand Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: electrical nerve stimulation; Procedure: ultrasound guidance; Procedure: brachial plexus block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00321425

S-05240

Details and patient eligibility

About

In an observer-blinded study ultrasound guidance and electrical nerve stimulation will be compared for lateral sagital infraclavicular blocks (LSIB). Block effectiveness, time consumption and patient acceptance will be registered in 80 patients. Ultrasound guidance may cause less discomfort and could be less time consuming than electrical nerve stimulation.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infraclavicular brachial plexus block
• Hand surgery

Exclusion criteria

• ASA > 2
• Block assessment impossible
• Allergy to local anesthetic