MedTrace Logo

Lumbar Spine Ultrasound of Patients With Previous Accidental Dural Puncture During Labour Epidural

NCT00465166 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2007-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Accidental dural puncture is a potential complication of epidural analgesia for labour and delivery. When it happens, it may cause debilitating headaches and other symptoms that prevent mothers from talking care of their newborns. Accidental dural puncture is related to the operator performance and to individual anatomical variations of the spine. The purpose of this study is to do a lumbar spine ultrasound on the patients who have had accidental dural punctures and analyze if there is any abnormal anatomy seen. Then, we will compare the position of any spinal abnormality to the position of the dural puncture reported in the anaesthesia record.

Conditions

  • Postdural Puncture Headache

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound

Lumbar ultrasound from L1-S1, carried out using a portable ultrasound system equipped with a 2-5 MHz curved array probe.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose CA Carvalho, MD PhD · MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00465166 on ClinicalTrials.gov