Ultrasound Predictors of Difficult Spinal Anesthesia (SPINAL-US)

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Status: Completed

Conditions: Procedural Complication; Anesthesia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Spinal Ultrasound; Procedure: Spinal Anesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05115591

19.21 OSS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective observational study aims to investigate about the efficacy of spine ultrasound in predicting difficult spinal anesthesia

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing spinal anesthesia for elective surgery
• ASA physical status score < 4

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications to regional anesthesia
• ASA physical status score ≥ 4
• Patient's refusal or inability to sing the informed consent
• Previous spine surgery affecting the intervertebral space chosen for spinal anesthesia