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Local Anesthesia With Minimal Sedation and Brachial Plexus Block in Hand Surgery

NCT03632304 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2021-04-21

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Summary

A major innovation in hand surgery in the last decade is the popularization of Wide Awake Hand Surgery (WAHS). This technique consists of numbing the surgical area with local anesthesia with epinephrine and allowing the patient to actively move their hand intra-operatively to assess the strength and quality of repairs or fixations. Despite its theoretical advantages, the application in clinical practice has seldom spread further than simple hand operations, such as carpal tunnel and trigger finger releases. In many institutions, the current standard of care for hand surgery is the brachial plexus block. The primary objective of the study to directly compare the effects of local anesthesia with minimal sedation, performed by the surgeon, and the brachial plexus block, performed by the anesthesiologist, on patient-reported quality of recovery.

Currently, there are no studies in the surgical literature directly comparing patient-reported quality of recovery, post-operative pain control, or time efficiency between local anesthesia and the brachial plexus block in hand surgery. This lack of information is a major impediment to the acceptance and adoption of a simple yet effective anesthesia technique that may increase patient satisfaction and time efficiency in the operating room. This proposed prospective randomized controlled study will quantitatively compare local anesthesia and brachial plexus block on three fronts: 1) patient-reported recovery at 24-hours post-surgery using the validated Quality of Recovery 15 score (QoR-15), 2) post-operative pain and opioid use at 24-hours post-surgery, and 3) nonsurgical time (defined as the time elapsed from one surgery's end time to the next surgery's start time) as a metric for turnover efficiency. The investigators hypothesize that patients randomized to the local anesthesia group will have a more positive recovery experience, a similar pain profile compared to the brachial plexus block despite common beliefs, and a shorter anesthesia-related and nonsurgical time.

The importance of patient-centered care cannot be understated in a successful and high-quality health care system. The results of this study will provide valuable information regarding the patient experience during their post- operative recovery.

Conditions

  • Hand Surgery
  • Quality of Recovery
  • Hand Injuries
  • Hand Fracture
  • Hand Tendon Injury
  • Anesthesia, Local

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Local anesthesia with minimal sedation

The operating surgeon will perform a digital or wrist block to numb the surgical area prior to the surgery, instead of using a brachial plexus block.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fanyi Meng, MD · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-17
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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