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Effects of Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Blocks on the Hand and Forearm

NCT01229683 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2012-03-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research study to determine the proportion of cases in which an interscalene brachial plexus nerve block produces hand and forearm anesthesia.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Surgery
  • Interscalene Nerve Block

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Interscalene Nerve Block

Patients undergoing shoulder surgery will be given an Interscalene Nerve Block. The patients' strength and sensation in their hand and forearm will be tested to determine if the nerve block is affectively delivering anesthetic to the nerves that serve these areas.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Brian M Ilfeld, M.D., M.S. · University of California, San Diego

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • United States

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