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Ultrasound-assisted Shamrock Method for Lumbar Plexus Nerve Block in Elderly Trauma Patients, Revisited.

NCT04346758 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2020-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A revised ultrasound-guided approach to the lumbar plexus is investigated as for efficacy and safety in elderly trauma patients undergoing operations of the lower extremeties.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

lumbar plexus block

Patients undergoing orthopedic procedures of the lower extremeties are going to be studied. A modified Shamrock approach of the lumbar plexus is going to be used for postoperative analgesia, using an ultrasound-guided technique combined to a nerve stimulatior. The technique is going to be assessed as for accuracy, and safety.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Athens

    collaborator OTHER

  • Attikon Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-15
Primary Completion
2020-11-30
Completion
2020-11-30

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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