Spinal Anesthesia With Articaine and Bupivacaine for Outpatient Lower Limb Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the trial is to compare two local anesthetics, articaine and bupivacaine for outpatient lower limb surgery. Onset and recovery times of sensory and motor blockade will be compared.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Reinier de Graaf Groep
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Carticaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 70 years

• Patients planned for an outpatient lower limb surgery

• Procedure under spinal anesthesia

• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contra-indications spinal anesthesia

• History of allergic reactions on amide-type local anesthetics

• Length < 1.60 m or > 1.90 m

• BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 or > 35 kg/m2

• Pregnancy