Ultrasound-Guided Costoclavicular Block in Patients With a BMI > 30

Mayo Clinic

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03314948

17-006489

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Researchers are trying to determine if Costoclavicular brachial plexus block (CCBPB) can be successfully performed in patients with a body mass index greater than thirty.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18 to 80 years old, with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I to IV, undergoing elective hand or forearm surgery under a BPB will be enrolled for this study.

Exclusion criteria

Patient's refusal, American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status greater than IV, pregnancy, neuromuscular disease, prior surgery on the intraclavicular fossa, nerve injury or neurological disorders, bleeding tendency or evidence of coagulopathy, history of allergy to local anesthetic drugs, skin infection at the site of needle insertion, or contraindication to regional anesthesia.