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Lumbar Neuraxial Ultrasound Corrrelation With MRI

NCT02356601 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2015-02-05

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Summary

Ultrasound is used increasingly to aid placement of neuraxial blocks. Good visibility of ligamentum duramater complex and posterior longitudinal ligament (LF, PLL) has a positive predictive value of 85% for successful neuraxial block. Dural puncture could still be feasible despite the absence of a good view, as reflected by a negative predictive value of 30%.

Poor neuraxial ultrasound view could be due to limitations of ultrasound or various other anatomical reasons which might include absent LF, calcification of ligaments, spinous process contact and presence or absence of epidural or subdural fat. This will be the first study of its kind to compare neuraxial ultrasound with MRI. The aim of this study is to look for anatomical correlation between neuraxial ultrasound and MRI at various lumbar interspinous levels and to look at factors that contribute to abnormal neuraxial imaging. Assuming the predicted abnormal ultrasound images to be around 30% and predicted abnormal MRI images to be 5%, 79 images should give a power of 0.9 and alpha 0.01 to analyse the association between the two. Sample Size Calculations were performed using statistical software R version 2.15.2

Conditions

  • Ultrasound Imaging of Lumbar Spine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Adelaide and Meath Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

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