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Ultrasound Guidance for Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia

NCT ID: NCT02436109

Last Updated: 2016-11-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-05-31

Brief Summary

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Most women delivering by cesarean at BC Women's receive regional anesthesia; which includes spinal, epidural, or combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. In all these techniques a needle is placed in the lower back and local anesthetic is injected to freeze the body. Normally, before the needle is placed in a patients' back, the anesthesiologist will feel between their back bones with his/her fingers to find the right spot for the needle. This study will be evaluating if the distance from the skin to the appropriate spinal space measured with a novel 3D Ultrasound will equal the actual depth of the needle insertion.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will be evaluating if the distance from the skin to the appropriate spinal space measured with a novel 3D Ultrasound will equal the actual depth of the needle insertion.

Conditions

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Epidural Space Depth

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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study group

elective cesarean delivery patients

Ultrasound

Intervention Type DEVICE

Parturients backs will be scanned using 3D ultrasound to measure the depth to the epidural space

Interventions

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Ultrasound

Parturients backs will be scanned using 3D ultrasound to measure the depth to the epidural space

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* term pregnancy
* elective cesarean

Exclusion Criteria

* scoliosis
* high bmi
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of British Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Vit Gunka, MD FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of British Columbia

Locations

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BC Women's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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H14-01152

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id