Single Versus Multiple Injections for Axillary Plexus Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-04-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients will be randomized to one of two groups:

1. Multiple injection group: Axillary brachial plexus block with multiple injections, with the arm abducted, performed with the aid of ultrasound;

2. Single injection group: Axillary brachial plexus block with a single injection, with the arm placed behind the head and the elbow flexed, performed with the aid of ultrasound

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hôpital du Valais
• Collaborator: University of Lausanne Hospitals
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients who undergo forearm or hand surgery under axillary brachial plexus block

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of allergic reaction to local anaesthetics

• Peripheral neuropathy

• Renal or hepatic insufficiency

• Coagulation disorders