Comparison 1 Plane-1 Injection and 2 Plane-2 Injection Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

NCT ID: NCT02505633

Last Updated: 2015-09-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-09-30

Brief Summary

Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block (US-SCBPB) has been a generalized regional anesthesia in upper extremity surgery. It is performed just above the clavicle, in which the neural cluster formed by the trunks or divisions of the brachial plexus is situated superolateral to the subclavian artery (SA).

In many approaches, corner pocket approach [deposit local anesthetic (LA) at the intersection of the SA, neural cluster, and the first rib] and cluster approach (direct deposit LA into the neural cluster after penetration of the sheath of brachial plexus) has been well known methods. And single or multiple injection techniques has been used with the above approaches.

Detailed Description

In clinical practices, the investigators observed that the neural cluster was shown differently every person on the ultrasound image. Some neural cluster is shown as a typical round cluster of grapes lateral to the SA, in which, any approaches of US-SCBPB can be possible and good success rates are anticipated. But in many cases, neural cluster was shown in part lateral or superolateral to the SA like slightly-hated SA on the ultrasound image, and it passes posterior to the SA when the probe follows the path of the neural cluster along the SA. In that case, corner pocket approach is hard to apply due to the position of the neural cluster far away from the first rib, cluster approach increases chance of lopsided spreading of the LA, and multiple injection is also hard to apply due to narrow-shaped neural cluster. Therefore, we hypothesized that double injection in different plane (we call this new approach as a 2 plane-2 injection approach) would achieve an effect of a "tridimensionally administered LA", which is presented like shortening the onset time or increasing rate of all four nerves block compared with the existing cluster approach (the investigators call this as an 1 plane- 1 injection approach in this study).

Conditions

Radius Fractures

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

2P2I group

subcutaneous injection is done widely. A nerve stimulating needle (Stimuplex insulated needle; D Plus B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) attached to a nerve stimulator (Stimuplex HNS12; B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) is advanced via an ultrasound in-plane approach. After the needle is penetrated the nerve sheath with a direction of downward, the nerve stimulator is then turned on. If hand muscle twitching is observed even at 0.3 mA, LA 15 mL (lidocaine mixed with epinephrine) is injected. After that, the stimulating needle is re-advanced at the behind site of the initial puncture site. And the needle is penetrated the nerve sheath with a direction of upward, and then the same process is performed and LA 15 mL is injected.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Stimuplex insulated needle

Intervention Type: DEVICE

2P2I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced twice and LA is injected 15 mL at a time.

1P1I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced once and LA is injected 30 mL.

lidocaine mixed with epinephrine

Intervention Type: DRUG

2P2I group and 1P1I group use the same LA (1.5% lidocaine mixed with 1:200,000 epinephrine). But 2P2I group is injected LA at equally divided doses (15 mL at a time). 1P1I group is injected LA 30 mL at once.

1P1I group

After subcutaneous injection of 1 mL of 2% lidocaine, a nerve stimulating needle (Stimuplex insulated needle; D Plus B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) attached to a nerve stimulator (Stimuplex HNS12; B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) is advanced via an ultrasound in-plane approach from lateral to medial direction. After the needle is penetrated the nerve sheath, the nerve stimulator is then turned on, and the stimulation current starts at 0.5mA. If hand muscle twitching is observed even at 0.3 mA, local anesthetics 30 mL (lidocaine mixed with epinephrine) is injected.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Stimuplex insulated needle

Intervention Type: DEVICE

2P2I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced twice and LA is injected 15 mL at a time.

1P1I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced once and LA is injected 30 mL.

lidocaine mixed with epinephrine

Intervention Type: DRUG

2P2I group and 1P1I group use the same LA (1.5% lidocaine mixed with 1:200,000 epinephrine). But 2P2I group is injected LA at equally divided doses (15 mL at a time). 1P1I group is injected LA 30 mL at once.

Interventions

Stimuplex insulated needle

2P2I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced twice and LA is injected 15 mL at a time.

1P1I group: nerve stimulating needle is advanced once and LA is injected 30 mL.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

lidocaine mixed with epinephrine

2P2I group and 1P1I group use the same LA (1.5% lidocaine mixed with 1:200,000 epinephrine). But 2P2I group is injected LA at equally divided doses (15 mL at a time). 1P1I group is injected LA 30 mL at once.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

(D Plus B.Braun); 1.5% lidocaine mixed with 1:200,000 epinephrine

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• all patients anticipating surgery of the wrist or hand with aged 18 to 80 years and an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA) of I or II.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with preexisting neuropathy in the operated limb, ASA greater than III, coagulation disorders, known allergy to local anesthetics, local infection at the puncture site, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or respiratory failure, pregnancy, breast-feeding and prior surgery in the supraclavicular region, BMI ≥ 35 kg/㎡, uncooperative patients and patients' refusal. an ultrasound view of the perfect circular neural cluster.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Gachon University Gil Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mi Geum Lee

assistant professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Mi Geum Lee, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Gachon University Gil Medical Center

Locations

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center

Incheon, Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, South Korea

Countries

South Korea

References

Techasuk W, Gonzalez AP, Bernucci F, Cupido T, Finlayson RJ, Tran DQ. A randomized comparison between double-injection and targeted intracluster-injection ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Anesth Analg. 2014 Jun;118(6):1363-9. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000224.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 24842181 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

GBIRB2015-44

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id