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Nerve Stimulator Versus Ultrasound-guided Interscalene Block for Shoulder Surgery

NCT02342873 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2017-07-17

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Summary

The investigators compared the postoperative analgesia of nerve stimulator-guided and ultrasound-guided interscalene block after shoulder surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

NS-guided interscalene block

Patients received a standard single injection interscalene block using the modified lateral approach of Borgeat. The interscalene brachial plexus was identified using an insulated needle connected to a nerve stimulator. An insulated needle attached to a nerve stimulator was used to identify the brachial plexus. Placement of the needle was considered adequate if the deltoid, triceps, pectoralis, or biceps muscle motor response was still present at 0.2 - 0.5mA. Ropivacine 0.75% 20ml was used.

PROCEDURE

US-guided interscalene block

Interscalene block is performed under ultrasound guidance. Linear probe is placed on the ipsilateral interscalene groove visualizing the brachial plexus located between anterior and middle scalene muscles. Using in-plane technique, an insulated needle is advanced into the brachial plexus sheath, into which 20 ml of 0.75% ropivacaine is injected

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cheju Halla General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chunwoo Yang, MD · Dep. of anesthesia and pain medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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