Accuro Versus Traditional Landmark Palpation Technique to Determine Accurate Spinal Level for Procedures
NCT ID: NCT02862964
Last Updated: 2022-03-10
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
106 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-02-29
2017-06-30
Brief Summary
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The investigators aim to assess the benefit of using the Accuro versus traditional landmark palpation technique to determine accurate spinal level for procedures. Patients who undergo interventional pain procedure per standard care under fluoroscopy and require the presence of an anesthesia provider at the UVA Pain Management Clinic will be approached for enrollment.
Anesthesia Providers will first identify the L4/L5 space using the traditional technique of palpating the iliac crests to estimate spinal level, which will be marked with a single dot from a marking pen. The provider will then use the Accuro 3000 to identify the L4/L5 interspace and mark this point with two dots. Participants will then be taken into the fluoroscopy suite for their scheduled procedure. Since the skin marks will not show up on fluoroscopy, and metal instrument will be laid on the skin at the interspace or interspaces that were marked using the palpation and Accuro techniques. The anesthesiology attending provider in the fluoroscopy suite will then confirm the true interspace position of these marks under fluoroscopy. It will then be recorded how many spaces off the palpation and Accuro techniques are from the intended L4/L5 level.
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Detailed Description
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* Each participant will sit up on the edge of the bed in the pre-procedural area of fluoroscopy.
* For each participant, a provider will first attempt to identify the L4/L5 space using the traditional technique of palpating the iliac crests to estimate spinal level. The provider will mark this space on the person's back with a single dot from a marking pen. The provider will then use the Accuro to again attempt to identify the L4/L5 interspace and mark this point with two dots.
* The participant will then be taken into the fluoroscopy suite for their scheduled procedure a metal instrument will be laid on the skin at the interspace or interspaces that were marked using the palpation and Accuro techniques. Metal instruments show up on fluoroscopy, but the skin markers will not.
* The anesthesiology attending in the fluoroscopy suite will then confirm the true interspace position of these marks under fluoroscopy performed for the standard of care procedure.
* The participant will not be exposed to any additional Fluro/ radiation time for this study
* It will then be recorded by the anesthesia provider, how many spaces off the palpation and Accuro techniques are from the intended L4/L5 level.
Conditions
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Study Design
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PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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identify L4-5
Level marked as L4-5 using Accuro and palpation
identify L4/L5
* For each participant, a provider will first attempt to identify the L4/L5 space using the traditional technique of palpating the iliac crests to estimate spinal level. The provider will mark this space on the person's back with a single dot from a marking pen. The provider will then use the Accuro to again attempt to identify the L4/L5 interspace and mark this point with two dots.
* The participant will then be taken into the fluoroscopy suite for their scheduled procedure a metal instrument will be laid on the skin at the interspace or interspaces that were marked using the palpation and Accuro techniques. Metal instruments show up on fluoroscopy, but the skin markers will not.
* The anesthesiology attending in the fluoroscopy suite will then confirm the true interspace position of these marks under fluoroscopy performed for the standard of care procedure
Interventions
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identify L4/L5
* For each participant, a provider will first attempt to identify the L4/L5 space using the traditional technique of palpating the iliac crests to estimate spinal level. The provider will mark this space on the person's back with a single dot from a marking pen. The provider will then use the Accuro to again attempt to identify the L4/L5 interspace and mark this point with two dots.
* The participant will then be taken into the fluoroscopy suite for their scheduled procedure a metal instrument will be laid on the skin at the interspace or interspaces that were marked using the palpation and Accuro techniques. Metal instruments show up on fluoroscopy, but the skin markers will not.
* The anesthesiology attending in the fluoroscopy suite will then confirm the true interspace position of these marks under fluoroscopy performed for the standard of care procedure
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Virginia
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mohamed Tiouririne, MD
Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Mohamed Tiouririne, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Virginia
Locations
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University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Chin KJ, Perlas A, Chan V, Brown-Shreves D, Koshkin A, Vaishnav V. Ultrasound imaging facilitates spinal anesthesia in adults with difficult surface anatomic landmarks. Anesthesiology. 2011 Jul;115(1):94-101. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31821a8ad4.
Vallejo MC, Phelps AL, Singh S, Orebaugh SL, Sah N. Ultrasound decreases the failed labor epidural rate in resident trainees. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010 Oct;19(4):373-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Aug 8.
Grau T, Leipold RW, Conradi R, Martin E. Ultrasound control for presumed difficult epidural puncture. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2001 Jul;45(6):766-71. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045006766.x.
Grau T, Bartusseck E, Conradi R, Martin E, Motsch J. Ultrasound imaging improves learning curves in obstetric epidural anesthesia: a preliminary study. Can J Anaesth. 2003 Dec;50(10):1047-50. doi: 10.1007/BF03018371.
Chin KJ, Karmakar MK, Peng P. Ultrasonography of the adult thoracic and lumbar spine for central neuraxial blockade. Anesthesiology. 2011 Jun;114(6):1459-85. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318210f9f8.
Other Identifiers
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18684
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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