Comparison of Hyperbaric Prilocaine With Chloroprocaine for Intrathecal Anaesthesia in Day Case Knee Arthroscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study compares intrathecal 1% plain chloroprocaine with intrathecal 2% hyperbaric prilocaine for patients undergoing ambulatory knee arthroscopy in terms of efficacy and side effects

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
• Collaborator: Hôpital de Braine-l'Alleud
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Chloroprocaine; Prilocaine; Procaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiology physical status (ASA) ≤ III

• Age 18-80 year

• Height between 160 and 185 cm

• Signed informed consent obtained prior to any study specific assessments and procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cardiac pathology (such as Heart failure, Aortic stenosis)

• Coagulation disorders (INR>1.3, platelet < 80 000/mm3)

• Known allergy to local anaesthetics

• Disagreement of the patient